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KERSHAM MANOR CHAPTER XLV. KIBNIIAM KANOB. Six months later, Jane, with it* glories of <eef and blossom, of south wind ana of sun- hue, brought brightness even to th* dwell- in in dim and murky Whiteohapel ; it inlivened even the dingy buildings of the Mile Knd Road. What it was like in th* country, wher* bosky dell and hillside wire all illumined by its presence, the townsfolk thought it wiser not to picture to them- selves. Esther wa* in Philiis's house. It had bean impossible for her to go back to Dun roas, where every one knew tbe history of her misfortunes, and as she sometimes unjustly phrased it to herself "of her shame." Neither maid, wife, nor widow, wa* she now. She could not go back to those who had not only known ner in the day* of her happy independence but also in those bliasful month* of her Fool's Paradise. She could bear PhilUs's knowledge and sympathy ; but that was another thing. Besides, Sebastian had wished bar to be with 1'hiihs. She began to work amongst these people to whom Phillis wa* trying to brim? a little light and joy ; and it was good for her to come face to face with the terrible realities of their existence, to think of their struj gls for mere bread, of the miseries of continued toil, of tbe wasting sickneeas* of childhood and the heart-breaking infirm itiss of age. She wa* not working for the poor this morning, however, bnt at a letter for one of the Dun roes papers, when Phili* sought hsr out. She had just succeeded in tearing her mind away from the hyacinths and th* na-flecked woodpalh* for which she pined, and wai writing busily, almost too busily to heed the opening of the door or the ad- vance of Phillis to the table. "Wa* I so absorbed that I did not hear you '" she said. "I have almost finished now. Do you want m*. Phil dear ?" "No," aaid Phillis absently. She wa* studying Ksther's face; it wa* sharper in outline, paler, graver, bat it wa* also a far nobler face than it one* had been. Yes, Phil decided; Kit her could bear a trial a hook, if need be, now; *h* had luffereds* much, conquered so much clnady, that to no height* of heroism might she not attain. And Philli* had oum* to ask what she thought would bs a hard thing for her to do. " Ksther," shs said, bringing out an envelop* from her pocket, "I've bad a letter this morning which concerns yon. Yon need not turn white ; it is not bad news at least, it is not what you think. My letter i* from Sebastian Malet." It was useless to tell Esther not to turn white now ; she was pale to the very lip*. "He i* well and you need not b* afraid," aid Phil, " bat he want* you to do some thing for him, and he asks me to to per- suads yon." " Did he think I should need persuad- inn?" "It i* something hard, Esther. Nina wants to see yon. He write* to ask me to go down to Kersham Manor with you. It would be easier for you to go with me than quite alone. Nina is ill ; she ha* begged so hard to see you that be could not refuse to writ*. I think it wa* perhaps natural that he should write to me." rV.her's eyes seemed fastened to I'hillis's face. She aaid "Well?" with a sort of gasp when Phillis paused. "And Nina herself ha* written. Nina fends yon this note." "I'r.AH KSTIIXR: -I have been very ill all the ipring, and the doctors say I shall never be better. Would you mind very much coming to see me once again? There are some things I must say to you before I die, I am sure that yon will come to me if you can. NINA." "Will yon go?" Phil asked. 14 Ok yes." Esther roee a* if she w mid tart at once. "I suppose I ought. I nan lot refuse. " Suddenly she put ont her hand* and .rasped at Philiis's arm*, a* if to save her- el' from falling. " You don't think," she said almoet in- iuili)ily, " th* Nina want* to reproach me, because I loved her husband?" " You are not fit to go at all if you talk In that silly way," Philli* said resolutely. "Who can reproach you, when you were not to blame ? Would even Nina Malet end for you to do such a foolish thing a* that ? Ksther, you are growing morbid ; I have Men it coming on for a long time, and you must cure yourself. " " I don't think I am morbid," Kslhersaid patiently, "bat I am soiretlme* very weak. Do you think that 1 ought to go?" "Yes, I do," Phil answered decidedly. " She will not be at peace until eh* ha* seen you, Sebastian say*. He has sent me word about trains and carriages and all the rest ; and if yon are willing to go, and will trust yourtelf to me, wo will start at five minutes to four from Charing Cross this afternoon." And thus, at four o'clock, Esther found herself in the train that whirled her through the familiar country between London and Kersham. She was very calm aad (till during th* i urniy .scarcely say Ing a word tin leu when Phillis spoke to her. Phil had taken charge of her completely, and, though Ksthrr wa* by no mean* Helpless, she wa* glad to be pared the trouble of thinking about ar. rangement*. At the station a man in livery cam* up to Phillis and touched his cap. " Beg par- don, ma'am, Mrs. Drummond, ma'am ? he aid respectfully. " Yss ; are you from Mr. Malet?" PhillU asked, rather sharply. "Yes, ma'am, and the carriage i* waiting outside for you, please, ma'am. "80 this u a sample of Sebastian's tsstei," said Phillis, looking at the soft ousliinnsandrich furnishing* of his equipage with great diadain, " I thought better of him. How I do hate people who have nothing better to do than to amuse t hem- selves, and cry out II their rose-leave* ar* crumpled, while our East Knd poor ar* starving in their garret* ! Do these luxury- loving people call themselves Christians, Ksther ' Do they ever read the parabls of Dives and Lacarxs, >hould you suppose?" "Of oourae they do," Ksther nude shift to answsr with a little smile. Then she sat client, her lips compressed into the old fixity of line, her brow* bent an.rily over Ler bright, obwvaat eye*. When th* carriage iwept rapidly in at the Manor gate*, and the horse* wer* pulled up at th* entrance of th* itately old house, he pulled Esther suddenly by the arm and choked over her next sentence : " They lived here while ray father an 1 mother were famishing," Pnillis aaid vin- dictively. " I hat* them." The ladios were shown into hs library, which was empty. Bnt after a moment's waiting an angular figure in a black dree*, with widow'* streamers floating far and wide from the oap parched oddly sideways on a yellow head, made it* appearance at the door of an inner room. Esther roee from her chair. She had recognized Mrs. Stephen Malet, and now she put back her veil. Hir face was rather white. The Squire'* widow did not htsitate. She precipitated herself at once into Esther'* aria* and gave her a noisy, heartfelt ki**. " Bless you, my poor dear, for coming," she aaid. " I knew that you would, though some at (hall be namelea* had the audacity to say that you would stop away. I knew you better, my dear. I said, like comes of like ; and if Miss Esther U like her poor dear pa and ma, she won't refuse a dying woman's request." " A dying woman, Mr*. Malet ? Oh, surely not," said Esther. Mrs. Malet shook her head. I'm afraid o, my dear. And as I've always aaid, you're the last person that wou'd be glad to hear of it. You've got your friend* in this house, my dear, if also you have your foes." " I don't think Esther want* to hear about either," said Philli*. " She came to see Nina." " Why, you must b* PhillU I" cried Mr*. Malet, with nnfaltericg cordiality. "That's just ths sort of thing I should have expect- ed to hear yon say, my dear, from all I've been told of you. You were my poor dear husband's cousin, weren't you I And glad I am to see yon down hert after all this long tims." She kissed Phillis warmly, although Phil'* face was not very responsive ; aad then she pushed her guest* into the softest chair* and rang for tea and oakeanditrawberriee, and did all that shs could to make them feel comfortable and at home. Bat while they were still drinking tea, her attention was caught by a sound in the hall ; and with no apology for withdrawing, she sud- denly rose and bustled out, accidentally leaving the library door ajar. " Yoo're coming into tea, aren't you ?" Phil and Either heard her say in an anxiou* voice to some person unseen. " They're here," with a mysterious lowering of her tone*. "Thank you, no," Phillis did not know the speaker voice with iU rather over- refined accents and silvery inflections, bat she saw that Either started and flushed deeply at the sound. " I regret to disap- point you, Mrs. Malet ; but I really do not feel it my duty to reopen an acquaintance with that person. Her conduct has been the cause of great unhappmesi to ray daughter ; and I disapprove entirely of Nina's desire to see he* again. But my dear chill's sweet and tender nature" " Why, good gracious. Cousin Selina," said Mrs. Malet brusquely, "you talk just a* if Esther had done something wrong ! And you know that shs was a* Innocent a* a child." " I know," said Mrt, La Touch*, very primly. " that If Mr. Sebaitian Malet bad waited until a decent period of time had elapsed after my daughter's reputed death before entering upon a connection of any sort with Miss Denison, this unhappy com- plication ol affair* could nv*r have taken place. <~)ood afternoon, Mr*. Malct. I will come in again this evening, if yon will kindly let me know when Miss Denison and her friend have gone back to London. Her voice die 1 away a* shs went down the garden path, still talking in a lofty condescending way to poor Mrs. Malet, who ne. ned distreesed and annoyed. Phil'* face wa* *osrl*t with rag* ; ih* almost shook her fist at the fin* lady whoee parasol darkened th* window for a moment a* she pawed. "Oh, yoa wicked, hard-hearted old wretch ; how I should like to wring your neck and your heart too I" she ejaculated, setting her teeth, and stamping her toot, without regard as to whether she could be overheard through the open window or not. " Never mind, Phil," said Esther quietly. " That is not the sort of thing that hurts." But she stood up with a weary, wounded look in her pale face ; and when Mr*. Malei, returned, ihe begged to know wheth- er she might not see Nina at onoe, as ihe and Phillis wished to reach home before nightfall. "Certainly, my dear, if you wish it," laid Mrs. Malet, who wai fluttered and out of breath, and perhaps a little afraid of Mrs. l, Touch* opinion after all ; " cer- tainly, but it's no wish nf mine that you should hurry ; mind that. Nor yet of Nin t's. She s expecting yon, I know ; and I'll go np with yon to her room, if yon like. While you're talking to her, I'll take Phillis round the gsrden a bit, and she hall tell me about hsr doing* in London amongst those poor folk that I'm always worrying my head about. She may find sooi* way of making use of the fruit and flowers that we have such a plenty of, amongsther London people. Come, Esther, my dear." And as they turned to the door, she let Esther pass before her, and whispered loud- ly into Phil's e*r evidently for Esther's benefit "Sebastian's away for a day or two. He had husmees in London about his book, I believe, so we shan't see him back until to- morrow morning." And then, after a lignifioant look and nod, she left Hi ill is in the oak -paneled hall, and went upstair* with Esther to Nina's room. (TO II K I IIM-1M-ID.) HOW BUFFALO WAS TAKEN. ITS PECULIAR "DEFENCE" AGAINST BRITISH. Tb Kasy Week r ihe Caaadliin Attacking rtrr In III* .. Told U Ik* BB(Tln Ex prr> MI.W Ike Merchant "Kalll Irr) " Trie* I* Hakr Horn* M*w *r Kel.l The mania for giving a large number of ( 'hrutin names to one and the Mm* per on i" particularly prevalent in Italy. An Italian gent leinan named Campagna, who ha* juit been naturalised a Frenchmtn, hs given some little trouble to the French Koreign Ortice olerkl in registering hi* full designation. Here it ii: Viooendo Sal va tore Maria Gennaro Francesco Sales Franoesoo-d'Ainisi Franoe*oode Paolo Roooa MioheleCrociBasoEmiddio Pasquale Oinvan Giuseppe (leltrude Carlo Oaelana Alfonso Cirn Andrea Luii (Jioran Antonio di-Para Campagna. Hera U the story, taken from the Buffalo K iress, of the capture and deetraotion of inn Bi*on City by 800 British troop* and 200 lodiao* 80 year* ago : There are to he found in the history of almost every Urge oily event* wh'Oh *tai<d forth a* fixed ana prominent as lofty moun- tains. In the life of Buffalo such an event occurred S'j years ago December 30, 1813. 'To those who know only the Buffalo of these year*, with it* mile* of asphalted street*, it* beautiful homes, its I'arkside, Kensington, Kenrnore, Centrsl Park, and other resilience district* remote from the busines* centres, it* innumerable street* and avenue* stretching out in all directions, it* enormous aggregation of marine, rail- road and manufacturing interests, it i* difficult to convey, by written words, a vivid and intelligent conception of It* ap- pearance at the time British and Indian foe* swept through it* *treet* with fir* and word HO years ago. Within it* limit* were perhaps 100 building* and a popula- tion of about 600 soul*. TO CAW RB' CANADA. " The strained relation* arising from var- ious cause* whick had existed for a long tims between the Government* of Great Britain and the United States culminated in a declaration of war in June, 1912, and Budalo, from -t* geographical position, be- came at once one of the military centre*. The war continued through 1812 and 1813, a series of brilliant failures OB land, and a tries of brilliant viotorieo on the high seas, including the capture of the British tteoi on Lak* Eris> by Commodore Perry on Septem- ber 10, 18 13. Towards the close of that year all ot British soil in this vicinity that remained in possession of the American troops, after repeat*! attempts to 'oaptar*' I'anada, was Fort George at the month of Niagara river. This the American oom- mander, (Jen. McClure, was obliged to eva- cuate early in December and retreat to Kort Niagara opposite, on the American side of the river. In effecting this move- nent Newark, an adjoining village, wher* Niagara now is, was set on fir* and destroy- ed by McClare's order*. It was a cruel, un- necessary and barbaric action, and revenge was taken shortly after by marauding ex- peditions along toe frontier. This disgrace was followed on December 19 of the aame i far by the capture of Fort Niagara, by which the whole western frontier was ex- posed to the enemy. TUB OOMCBXTKATIQ* OF TRUOrS. "A concentration of troops was made at onoe at Buffalo and Black Rock. On the 96th of l>eo*mber the forces were a* follows: Brig. -Gen. Amo* 11.11, comman- der; 129 mounted men under Lieut. -Col. Koughton ; 4.13 Ontario county (N. Y.) volunteer*. Lieut. Col. Blakeelis ; 136 Buf- falo militia, Lieut -Col (Dr.) Chapin ; 97 Canadian volnteers, Lieut. -Col Mai- lory ; SS-2 Gene**) county militia. Major Adam*, all statioJed in Buffalo ; and 342 militia. Brig. -Gen. Hopkins ; 30 mounted infantry, Capt. Ransom ; 83 Indian*, Lieut-Col. Urangsr; and one field piece and 25 men, Lieut. Soely, all stationed at Black Rook. On December 29, Lieut. -Col. McMabon with 3*29 Chatauqua country [ militia reported. This swelled the total force to a little over 2,000, but it cou*i*ted mainly of raw, undisciplined troops, poorly armed and equipped. THE EARTHWORK*. "Of earthworks and other defensive positions the following were constructed in and around Buffalo and Black Rook during the war, but it i< net clear from the reports whether all were in condition or available at the time of which we write . On the south lid* of the Scaiaqnada Creek, near it* month, the Sailors' battery with three long 32 pounders : on the site of the home of the late Col. William A. Bird (long pre- sident of the Erie County Savings Bank), a three-nan battery ; where the power house of the Niagara street railway stands. Fort 'Pumpkins, six or seven heavy pieces of ar tillery ; further south, not far from the water works, a mortar battery with one eight-inch mortar, nicknamed the Old Sow; on the northerly corner of Fort Porter grounds a light earthwork with one _'( pounder ; and a breastwork near the north- east corner of tho Terrace and 1'etrl street. THK r.KITIKH ABJUVB. " During the evening of December 29 about 800 British troops and 200 Indians crossed over and took posMision of the Sailors' battery. ( !en. Hall ordered the troop* at Black Rock to diilodg* them. but in* militia became disordered and scattered almost at the first fire. Lieut. ('<>!. Chapin and Major Adam* were ordered forward with their command*, bat after a short skirmish the men fled and did not rally. The Ontario county (N. Y.) vol- unteers, under Lieut -Col. Blakeslie, were then sent up and proved that they were made of much sterner stuff than the aver- age militiamen of that era. Before reach- ing the ground day had begun to dawn and revealed a British detachment, form- ing the enemy's centre, crossing to this siTe in the rear of Gen. Peter B. Porter'* home on Niagara steet, near Auburn avenue, while their right at the tame time was approaching Fort Tois>pkins, Major- Gen. Itiall, a veteran English offinet, was |n command. TUB OOLONH/I OBfLOT. 1 The line ol action of the enemy having thus been revealed, Gen. Hall promptly made a new disposition of hi* farces, and UeuU-Col. Blakeslie, with the Ontario county volunteer*, was ordered to attack the enemy's centre at the water's edge. Me* nwhile the enemy's left bad been mov- ing up from Soajaquada Creek upon the American right. Lieut.-Col. Granger'* Indians and the Canadian volunteers ander Lieut. -Col. Mallory, were sent to meet this move, and Limit. Socly with hi* six-pounder and two heavier guns were also brojght into service. Lieut, Col. Ulkesli*'s men made a most determined fight, but the right rapidly melted away. Lion t. -Col. ftc- Mahon'i Chautauqua corps wai ordered up, i M.I. that hroko and scattered almost Wore getting under fir*. Only Lieut. Col. Blake*- su that lie'* men stood fire, and finally, outnumber ed and outflanked, they wer. obliged to retire along the beach to avoid capture. By this time the remainder of the American foroft* were flying in all directions. A few oonraireous one*, among them Lieut. -Cot Chapin and Liuut. Serly, retired slowly along Niagara street towards Buffalo. Lieut. SeeJy had then but seven men and one horse left, aad, mounting the hone, dragged the gun with him, firing back at the enemy a* ouoaiion offered. rut MBRCHAXTI. "Meanwhile a party, consisting of the merchant 8eth Groevenor, Klijah I). Kiner, .lame* Sweeny, Robert Kaene, Klisha Fos- ter. a sailor named Johnson, and Capt. Hall and hi* brother Abealom, had secured an iron nine-pounder from cue of Perry's ves- sels on the beach, and, mounting it on a ship'* truck, planted it on Main street, near Church, pointing dowo Niagara street, res- olved that some (how of resistance should be mad*. Thro* shots bad been fired when one of the wheels broke. At this juncture Lieut. -CoL Chapin went forward under a flag of truce to meet the enemy, who were in the wood* where the City Hall now stand*, and after some parley, surrendered the town. The Britiih commander refused bsequently to recogr.iz* the act, claiming at laeut -CoL Chapio was not in com- mand and therefore had no authority to do as he did. " The Indian* had not kept with the main body of the British troops but warm- ed through the woods, emerging on Main street, near* Tupper. A house near the corner of Tapper and Delaware streets, occupied by a man named Dill, was soon seen to be in flame*. The torch was ap- plied to other hoiue* a* the Indian* paaisd Into aud down Main street. TIIIV i-xrr TOWE. " Moat of the houaes in the village were destroyed at this time. A large propor- tion of the inhabitant* fled at the first jsws of disaster at Black Rock, taking the Batavia, Seneca and Hamburg road* and many the Main street road to Williams- ville. In the mad rush for safety f a-nihes were separated, household good* and wear- ing apparel wer* left behind, sometimes cooking stovei and bedding were dumped indiscriminately into waggon*, public store* were left for the enemy to some eitent, although the larger portion wai saved by a prompt removal into the inter- ior, and the plundering of ths house* mad* the destruction of the village almost com- plete. It was indeed a desolate holiday season. " In the afternoon of the same day the invading force, surfeited with victory and plunder, and wearied by the continued marching and fighting, retired to Black Rock and thence back to Canada. The few ! villager* remaining breathed easier, and some who had fled returned. To their great horror, on New Year's day, I SI 4, another force of British and Indians suddenly appeared in the midst of them . The bouses that had escaped destruction on the 30th were fired with three exception*, and then, seemingly content with this, tne invaders disappeared as quickly as they had come. The three houses in all Buffalo that thus escaped destruction were Mrs. St John's, Kees's blacksmith shop, and the county j'i'l. A few days after this Capt. James Sloan and Judge Wilkeeon passed up Main street and reported that the only living thing thxy saw between the Pratt ferry and Cold .Spring wa* a solitary oat prowl- ing around its old home. The embryo city was a maa* of blackened ruins and forsaken habitation*. " l*> the winter and early spring of 1814 ths inhabitants commenced to return, other* floated in, newcomer* turned their slept Bulfaloward, and the onward and upward march towards that magnificent develop- ment which has fallen to our lot to enjoy was commenced. May it* shadow never be leas. [lieorge D. Kmerson. 'Mrt. Cr aier: Now children, that stupi'l looking creature with its head hang- ing over the bank is known as the ornith- orhynchus parados us or duck-billod platy- pus. It Mr. (Beaver :-Wh-a-*-t? A dynamite petard wa* exploded on Fri- day near the church in Funterrebello, ilia trlctof Segovia, Spain, and the Mayor of the village and the sexton of ths nVu.-rch were killed. NOTES ON EUROPE'S WAR SCARE, Flcare Canses a Mule Panic In France A W*Berrnl New Xlfln b r B French Invenler. The recently Kigaro created a little panic of in own in France by the announcement that the fort* of the southeastern frontier wer* insufficiently guarded and poorly sap- plied with guns and munition*. In a re- cent report to the Army Commission, the War M mister, Gen. Mercier, admitted that there wa* some ground for the statement, and declared that 'he defect* referred te> were being remedied as rapidly a* pos- sible. Further alarm wa* created by a compari- son between the forces of the Germans OB the frontier and thoee of the French dertin- ed to meet them in oai* of war. It wa* aid that the Germans wer* in a position to hurl vastly superior number* against the Frenoh immediately upon tbe outbreak of hostilities. This impression Gen. Mercier corrects), aad give* fact* and figures show- ing that the advantage of numerical strength is on the side of France, and that nothing U needed to increase it still farther except money. Additional subsidies for the army should be voted a* *oon u pos- sibls. In hi* comparison of the troop* massed on both side* of the eastern Iron tier and ready to march at the first signal, Gen. Msreier ays that to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth German army corps he ha* opposed toe Sixth and Seventh French army corps, one of which has four divisions of infantry, and each of wkich i* about to he re-enforced by eight battalion*. Thee* two corps are join- ed one to tbe other by that splendid divi- sion of tbs Vo*jes, whoae centre i* at Epiaal. and which wa* created by (leu. Varraigne, by whom it U commanded. Formerly in the Sixth French Armv Corp* there were only two divisions and two regiment* of artillery garrisoned at Chalons ; bat DOW Gen. Jamont of the Sixth Corpe has fear division! under hi* orders, and all these livmoos, except the Twelfth, are stationed side by side with the six batterie* of artill- ery destined to accompany them upon the field* of battle. Even in cavalry, notwith- stn. ling the enormous mas* of squadron* accumulated on the other side ol the Vosgee, the comparison of force* give* France the advantage. Gen. Mercier recommends an increase of the military strength of tbe army on a peace footing, and speaks of the danger of releasing from duty one class before another i* completely formed. In tbe southeast all the forte are about to receive a permanent and amply sufficient garrison. Itisfurther stated thstwhenFreycineten- vered the War office France wa* away ahead of Germany in artillery, bat daring hi* term the gap was rapidly closed op, and now Germany U believed to be in tke lead. In the debate on the war budget in the Belrian Parliament Geo. Hnalmont ipoke of th* defence* of the Mease, which he characterized as insufficient. The invasion of Belgium on both sides, he laid, wa* more than pribable, in case of wa*between France and Germany. Ths German* would invade Belgium through the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg and the Ardennes. It was absolutely necessary to strengthen the for- tification* of the Men** and to increase the Belgian army. It should be remembered that, if France and Germany respected Bel- gian neutrality in 1970, their interest in crossing the frontier at that time wa* by no mean* so great a* it would be at present, if war should break out. A new rifls surpassing all the other* in every particular i* reported in the Figaro to be bi ought out by a French inventor. It i* a magazine gun, extremely light, and can fire one hundred cartridge* without overheating tbe barrel. It* recoil is so slight that the soldier u never troubled with it, and it* hundred cartridges, which are lees than half the weight of tbe earn* num- ber of cartridge* of any other rifle, can b* fired without taking the weapon from the shoulder. The effects of it* little ballet* are aid to be terriri :. A Buffalo BumjxuV Mr. F. L. Hewgill, of Brandon, tell* an intereetingslory with regard to the buffaloes in the early dsys of the North West Terr- itories In 1873 the international bound ary commission wa* marking the line which separate* Canada from the United States. Suddenly the commissioners discerned an immense cloud ot do*t approaching them One of the scouts declared it wa* the .lust caused by a herd of buffaloes. Forty mount- ed men wer* tent out to try and tarn the animals, but they were unsuccessful . Toe men were then ordered to halt and fire into the hard. IB consequence, the column wa* split, on* herd going to the north-east and the other to the north- west. The waggons were at once (topped on the line of march. Some of the buffalo broke rank*, aad charged headlong into the waggon*. One on being shot switched hi* tail round and caught his a**ailant fair across the cheek, knocking him down. The head of this buffalo u now in Montreal, in th* poss- ession of Su William Oawion. A StesuuUP OD. Lake Titaotoft. A triumph in engineering i* i*ported from the mountain* of fern, where a twin- screw steamer of 640 ton*, 170 feet long and 30 feet wide, ha* been successfully launched on Lake TiUcaca, the highest navigable waters in the world, more than 13,000 feet above the sea. This steatrer, which belong* to the Peruvian Government and is to be osad for freight and passenger traffic, wa* built on the Clyde, then taken apart in more than a thousand pieces, aad shipped to Mollendo by tea. It wa* then carried to Pnno by railway and transported ever the mountain* on tne backs of llamas and mules, and pat together by a Mr. John Wilson, a Scotch engineer, with great skill and success. The journeys ol the Emperor of German, cost him a great deal of money. Acu >rrling to an i.i.-le recently pubhahedin a <n,im*a paper, over 800,000 mark", or 9:300.000, were spent onth trip to Italy and Austria undertaken soon after he ascended th* throne. A heavy trunk in charge of a privy councillor on that occasion contain- ed eighty diamond rings, 150 decorations, many of them j swelled, fifty scarf rins, thirty necklaces with diamond pendants, six handsome sabre*, three large photo graphs of the Emperor and hi* family framed in gold, thirty gold watches, and 100 cigar-holders with diamond ornament*. The Kmperor pays hi* own expense* wbca travelling on German railways.