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 IHgaaiinirfi-ff-ffi I" 3 I i !J tVom tie Lamdon Timet. •re«t Enfl^«ad put ber armour by, and stret^'d Her â- tately limofl to slumber in the lun. The aatioM, teeinir then how kmg she elqit, Oommun'd locether, end in whiepece eeid "Lot She la o3d and tired; let ns steal The crown from off her brows. She will not ksowr And Goneril afid Regan, over the seas. Modking her, cried " Her time is past. Her blood Is sluggish, and her rusted sword from out Her scabbard she will draw no more And so Thus gibing, flung with cruel hands the seeds Of dleeord and of nate amidst hfr sons. But from the East there came a Idast too loud. As from the West there oame a taunt too much. And she. awaking, rsis'd her head, and saw Aronnd ner all her faithless friends, and all Her sisters and her children Jeering her. And erTlng, " She is old r and meting out Her lands among tbemselTes. and parcelling Her honor. Then, swift as lightning flashes From the blue skiee, her glance of scorn fell on And they crouch'd, like wolves that are o'er- masterel. Boglnnd stretch'd out herhand, and tonch'd the worldâ€" Baffland arose, and spake, and calmiy said ^Nay I am mistress stilL" OUIDA. IHI FISHEEf OIAH OF HONFLEIIfi. A TALB or THB [KCH COMMUSS. CHAPTER IV.â€" CoKTiNUKD. At the moment of the prefet's arrival with Madeleine, the General was seated at a table in his bureau which was strewn with documents. A commissionaire entered the room. "For Monsieur le General 1" he said, presenting a long folded paper. The General glanced at the document. ' It is well, You may go, There is no an- swer needed," he said to the commission- aire. Then addressing his secretary, who was writing at a table near by, he said "The Government is determined to keep us busy, Lasrange. Seventeen fresh arrests of Comsriunists this morning," reading from the document. The commissionaire reappeared. •'Well, sir, what now?' said the Gen- eral. "Monsieur le Sous-prefet wishes to 8t.e your Excellency." "Monsieur le Sous-prefet SJiow him up instantly. Was there need to annouce his visit?" " Some fresh intelligence, I presume," he went on, addressing the secretary, as the sous-prefet, closely followed by the shrink- ing, trembling Madeleine, entered the of- fice. "I hope Monsieur le General, I do not in- trude, in visiting you at so early an hour " said the prefet. •'Intrude 1 My good friend you are wel- come at all hours " replied the General. " Pray, be seated. I was just saying to La- grange, when you were announced, that the Government is determiaed to keep us busy. Seventeen fresh arrests this morning in my department and sixteen iEicoundrels, whom we tried this morning, will be sent on their long last journey to-day at noon. We make quick work of it The emissaries of the government â€" call them spies, traitors, what you will â€" are active. They are a pack of mean, contemptible rascals^ no doubt. But at such times as the present they are a neces- sary evil. One Lucien Pierrot â€" the best bloodhound of the pack, and as base a vil- lain, I believe, as ever drew breathâ€" has alone denounced sixty Communists 'Twould not be amiss, when the work is done, to send the fellow to Hades, to keep company with the wretches he has hunted to death. Bat he is an active, useful scoundrel withal Ha, ha Whom have we here " â€" catching sight of Madeleine, who had crouched down behind the sous-prefet â€" "A fair follower of yours, eh But do not tremble, little one. We are ne er harsh with the fair â- W." Madeleine shuddered, and her heart sank in her bosoti. It seemed to her as if she heard her husband's doom pronounced in the harsh voice of the General, who could jest while he spoke of shed line the blood even of misguided and. evil-minded men. "Monsieur le Gener 1." said the souo- prefet, ' this poor woman is tlie unhappy young wifeof the Houflsur fisherman Antoine Duroc, who was among the prisoners tried by court-martial this morning and sentenced to be ehot. Monsieur, there is ever- reason to believe that the poor man is i inocent, and that ho is the victim of the wretched spy, Lucien Pierrot, of whom you spoke just now " Instantly the bearing of the Geae al un- derwent a change. "Antoine Duroc 1" he exc° aimed, interrupting the prefet, in a stem tone of voice. "Ha I recollect the man a line-looking, intelligent, determined young fellow â€" one of those men who gain influence over the ignorant, poverty-strick- en wretches who comprise the great majority of the Communists' and urge them to pillage and murder, and finally to their own de- struction, i am amazed. Monsieur, to hear you, of all men, raise a voice in behalf of a condemned Communist â€" ^you, whoee official position must have taught you that the greatest criminals are, as a rule, loudest in their protestations of innocence. The man Duroc, however, confessed his guilt, and even appeared to feel p'oud of the part he had taken in freeing a suspected man from arrest. It is suck men as Duroo that are most to be feared, and who are most deserv- ing of pun'shment. "Monsieur le General," replied the pre- fet, " Duroc's confession â€" of which I have heard- goes far, in my opinion, to prove his innocence ot the other charges preferred against him. The poor fellow believed the prisoner under arrest â€" a mere lad â€" to be in« nocent and actuated by the gf nerous im- pulse of the moment, he set the prisoner tree. The assertion that Duroc is a Com- munist is certainly untrue. The young man, jpwho was never in Paris until a day or two ago, does not know the meaning of the term, and has never troubled his head about any political questions. This fact I can prove by means of a letter from Monsieur le Maire of Honfleur, who has known the honest yoanj^ fisherman from his boyhood. If you, MoDBienr, will read the letter I have re- ceived, and will hearken to the story of Duroc's heart-broken young wife" "I will read nothing â€" hearken to nothing. Monsieur," interrupted the General, who had listened with angry impatience to the speech of the prefet. " The man has been proved guilty lie is a dai)gerons fellow. I oaonot reccMuider his case. Besides, even if be had beeaw.'XMigly sentenced, which I do â-  I ,1 not believe, there is no tiaeW fluke farther inqnirj int9 the^ matter. It is now ten o'clock. Jut AooB, two hottn henos, the •entenoe of tbe ooart-martial, will be carried pot A wild atf of an;nifch frsm Madeleine, who gave mtcf Ho despair on bearing her hushaid's doom ^us csrslessfar alluded to, intemipCea the reiparks.of thC^eneraL She would have sunk down to the floor had not the prefet supported her in his arms. But instantly recovering from the famtness that was steMiDg over ber, she threw herself on ber knees before the stem arbiter of ber bus- band's fate, and tearfully entreated him to listen to ber story. "Rise, rise, young woman, ** said tbe Gen- eral, though with less sternness in bis Toice. "It is useless to kneel to me. I cannot hearken to such appeals. Were I to heark- en to one, I must oearken to others. Be- sides, as I have told yoo, it is to j late to in- terfere with a sentence which I beiieye to have been justly pronounced." He attempt- ed to assist the weeping young woman to her feet but heedless of this attempt, Madel- eine still kneeling, proceeded to teU the story of the cruel ttireats and persecutions of Lucim Pierrot and th^ General, in spite of himself, was compelled to listen to the tale. She t(^d bow it happened that her husband had come to P.ris o ily a few days after bis return from a long voyage that, having beard of the troubles in Paris, she had dreaded some evil won d befall him, and had urged him to retam as soon as possible, ending by declaring, in words which her earnest and passionate love made eloquent, that the simple-hearted fldherman was in- capable of intentional- wrong doing. Tbe stem General, « bo listened impatient- ly at flrst, gradually became interested in tbe weeping wife's btory, until at length he began to think that the )oung fisherman might after all possibly be innocent. He retuf the mayor's letter, which he had hither- to declined to notice, and became more evi- dently convinced that Madeleine had told the tru'vh, and that her husband was the victim of Lucien Pierrot's designs. "Rise, young woman," he said in a gentle voice, as he assisted the weeping girl to her feet. "I " There w,8 a stir outside the oSi:e, and the next moment, a commissionaire, breathless with hasto, entered the room. "Pardon, Monsieur le General," gasped the commis- sionaire, as he h nded to the General an offi- cial-lookin? document. "I bring a letter of utmost importance from Monsieur le Doc- teur Veron, Medecinen Chef at the'Hospital Beaujou." The General opened the letter, glanced over it, and then read aloud as follows MoNsiEUB LE General Beaumont â€" I have to acquaint your Excellency that Lucien Pierrot, the denouncer and tbe chief witness 'against the fisherman Antoine Duroc, wco was tried by court-martial this moruiu was assassinated by some person, whose friend he had hunted to his doom, almost immediately after he quitted the court. He lived only a few minutes but during that interval he he confessed that, actuated by a craving for revenge, he had sworn falsely against the man Daroc, whom he now declared to be innocent of all the charges preferred against him, save that of rescumg a prisoner whom be belived to be iunocent. The spy â€" pity that the govern- ment is compelled to employ such wretches â€" died in great agony, entreating with his last breath that his confession should be in- stantly conveyed to Monsieur the President of the court-martial. (Signed), Henbi Vebon, Hopital Bkaxjjou. "Thank heaven I My huband's inno- cence is proved " exclaimed Madeleine, up- raising her clasped hands. "Save that he rescued from arrest a sus- pected cnminal, Madame," said the General. *• But I believe that your husband acted in that instant under an impulse of the moment. Yet, I know not how to act. His pardon must be granted by government, and there is no time to make the necessary applica- tion. At all events, I will take it upon my- self to stay your husbend's execution, and will take the necessary steps to have the pa- don ratified afterwards. But I tear it is even now too late. The prison of La Roquette is fai- distant it is now past ten o'clock, and at noon the sentence of the court-mar- tial will be carried out." CHAPTER. V. " 0, idonsieur, in mercy's sake delay not au instant " cried Madeleine. The General drew forth a p.iuted docu- ment, at the head of which the word " Pa*- don" was conspicuous in huge letters. He inserted the name of Antoine Duroc, and hastily signed his own name to the parch- ment. "I have taken a great oelupon my- self, young woman," he said as he handed the document to Madeleine, " But hasten with this pardon to the prison. Lose no time or you will arrive too late. If, on your arrival, the prisoners have been re- moved, hasten to present the pardon to tbe otficer in command of the firing-party Yet stayâ€" you know not the way about Paris." • • My carriage is in waiting, Monsieur lo General," said the prefet. "My coachman will drive the young woman to the prison. I will accompany her thither." "It is unnecessary. Monsieur le Sous-pre- fet," said the General. " A commiraionaire from this bureau shall accompany her. He will know bow to proceed." A commissionaire was called, and instruct- ed to present the pardon of An to ne Duroj to the chief jailor of La Roquette, or to the officer in command of tbe firing, party. But Madeleine insisted upon being herself the bearer of ber bosband's pardon, and re- ceived the document from the conmiission- aire. Then, bewildered between excess of joy, mingled with doubt and fear lest she should arrive too late, sheioUowed the com- missionaire without waiUng to express ber thanks to the General. The sous-prefet assisted her into the car- riage, and wished her susoe s and then bade his coachman drive with all possible speed to La Roquette. At length tbe prison of L% R qnette was reached. Tbe commissionaire aliirhted from the vehicle, and rii^ing the large bell, de- manded to see the chief jailor. But on stat- ing bis errand, he was informed that tbe condemned prisoMn bad already been marched to vm place of execution. " But tiiere is yet time, " added the jailor. **They have but jost left. Itis now half-past eleven o'clock. Yon ba^e half an hoar to spsre Md the /osse is not Csr distant M Mad- ame mnat alight from tho,«arna^ |m wall|." The gmd is impasmbls to Tebides of *|^; On DMutDg these words, MtiWcuiespra^c from tbe carriage, and cottdocted by tlifr coBwnhiaioaaire. hurried farsatblsiB^ "Yoa know the shortest road, Monsi^nr Oomniianionaire," she said.' ' For hoATedCi sake, hsBten en 1" The commissionaire nodded assetit. But he was* comparative stranger to that part of the city, and he soon mined his wsy. Leaving Madeleine, in a fever of drmd and impatience, he went into a sb(^ to inquire tho way to tha nace Yoltaire. To tbe anxious sirl he appeared to be so long absent, that she hastened aftw him. She found the shop after two or three inquiries but when she reached it, the commissionaire had qoitted it to return to ber, and bad missed her. The streets were thronged with people. Madeleine, almost erased with dread, passed amongst them, inquiring her way of one and then of another, but tbe di- rections she received only served further to bewilder her, and she wandered further and further astray. A church clock near by chimed the quarters. Madeleine listened breathlessly. "Three quarters ' she cried in a paroxysm of fear " only a quarter of an hour to spare 1 I shall Ims too late I" She had turned into a by-street, which was almost deserted. Two working-men, cari-ying the tools necessary to their teade, were approaching her. They were the mly individuals in the narrow street. As they drew near, she entreated them to guide her to the fosse where the prisoners were to be executed. Her quaint garb was calculated to attract attention in Paris, and the men supposed her to be a country girl who had come to the city on a holiday visit. " What would 'tt Aou do at the fosse f" asked one of the men. "Is it a pleasure to thee to see poor, miserable, starving wretches shot down like dogs, because they demand a share of the wealth and food that of right belongs alike to all ' The man was hurrying on in disgust, when his companion remarked Madeleine's wild and distracted look. " Perchance, Adolphe," said he, "the poor girl has reason to ask the M'ay to theyo««e. Maybe some friend or lover is doomed to be shot at noon. She looks as though she were crazed with grief. " "iNay, then â€" Is it so young woman? Dost thou wish to see the last of some un- fortunate friend or relation? Whence comest thou " asked the man Adolphe. " I am a fisherwoman of Honfleur, Mes- sieurs," replied Madeleine. " My husband has been falsely accused, and unjustly con- demned to die. I bear bis pardon, and have lost my way. I fear that 1 shall arrive too late As you may some day crave for mercy. Messieurs, take pity upon me, and guide me to tbe spot. See, here is my hus- band's pardon;" and she drew forth the precious document from her bosom and held it before the two men. • • Poor woman Thou art coming away from the Place Voltaire, where the/ose is situated," said the man whohad spoken last. "Ihou has little time indeed to spare. But come with uf we will guide thee thithier." i he men turned and quickened tneir steps, and Mudeleine breathlessly fol- lowed them. Meanwhile, the commissionaire, on leav- ing the shop, could see nothing of the young woman whom he had told to ' wait his return. He hurried to rnd fro, and inquired for a young woman dre.sed in fisherman's costume but all in vain. "Pirhaps," thought he. " the young woman has gone on to the fosse by herself, being too impatient to wait for me." At all events, he thought the wisest plan would be to haste a on and if the young woman had not arrived when he reached the spot, to inform the officer in command of the troops that the prisoner Antoine Duroc was pardoned. It wanted but three minutes to twelve o'clrnik when he reached the yb«««, around which a great crowd had assembled, and in which â€" their backs placed against a low mound â€" tbe doomed prisoners had already drawn up. Approachintr a young lieutenant, who was coolly smoking a cigar, as he paced leisurely to and fro, the commissionaire informed, the young officer that a pardon had been granted to Antoine Duroc, one of the condemned prisoners, and begged him to stay the man's execution. "Where is the pardon you speak of " ask- ed the officer. " Produce it." " I do not have it with me," replied the commissionaire; and then toll how he had missed the young woman who was the wife of the pardoned man, and who carried the pardon in her bosom; "You missed the young womaa after you and she alighted from the carriage of Monsieur le SJous-prefet de Police '° said the officer. "A likely story is it not Are you crazed, man, that you imagine the exe- cution will be stayed at the bidding of the sous-prefet 7 Or is this some trick to gam time Do you see yonder clock 7 The min- ute hand points at two minutes to twelve. At twelve o'clock I shall give the order to fire." There was much jealousy existing at this period between the civil and military au- thorities, in consequence of the supreme authority being for the time in tbe hands of the latter and when the commissionaire spoke of the Sous-piefet de Police, the young officer seized the Opportunity to snub the police authorities. "You will repent it. Monsieur lieutenant, if yon do not delay." replied the commis- sionaire. ' 'The pardon is signed by Monsieur le General Beaumont, by whomi wasdifected to guide the young woman to this spot; that she might driver to you her husband's par- don with ber own hands. " 'Signed by whom r sskel the lienten- ant. The commissionaire repeated tbe name of the General. "Monsieur le Capltaine 1" called the lieu- tenant to another officer who was standine a short distance oS. Ti.e captain approached, and tbe two of- ficers conferred together. They decided that they would at all eveuto delay the exeoadon for five minutes. "Then I sbaU give the 'order to flre." said the captain. " I tranegrees mv d«tv even m delaying five miontes. unless the pardon is produced." ' The church clock struck t^ hov of noon. The prisoners, when the firsfrstroke sbunded were seen to shudder, and a low w s audible amongst the murmur â- peetators but ^. f^kctoOt thongb " q»a ereftf a was Dale, An\ WiSe ij||ijgi«|^r n^Mier )if thith«F pHs omers ||Reai«d to %e c«tti|^et^ oof^ed. The hiMsoii^ iiu^ply i^peirsnrn «f the ^bnng fisheraan, c^trattiM so rfe u f tal ly, ^iritb 4^ ii#srab|» crvii^rea khf Irertf led to die with him, M attm^ted tb« ttie feidales. ^ut they wen not gen erally moved to pty. It appedred rather as if they r^^ardwl it as a novelty â€" atresh attraction to see a handsome young man doomed to slutfe the fate of tiie other pris- oners, and yet so dilfereut from the general- ity of the wretched Commonisti who, almost every day, were doomed to death. When, howoTer, the last stfoke of twelve had sounded and the »der to fire was with- held, the low mormnr amongst the specta- tors increased to a cry of anger and com- plaint. "Why do not tbe soldiers fire 1" they asked of another. "What is tbe cause of de'ay Are we to wait all day long 7" And when it was whispered amonorst them that a pardon had arrived for one of the doomed men â€" and it was suspected that tbe favored individual was the handsome young fisherman Duroc â€" they betrayed numifest signs that^ they considered themselves de- frauded of a portion of tbe spectacle that they had assembled to vritness. At length the five mmutes of delay expired. The or- der was given to the soldiers to fall into rank and prepare to ^re. "The pardon toill arrive, 1 assure you. Messieurs Officers," wid the commisssion- aire. " You had better yet further delay the execu.ion." "I wi:l wait two minutes longer, and no more," replied the captain. " I have al- ready transgressed my orders. I must do my duty, pardon or no pardon. I have no business to know anything of it until I have seen the document." The prisoners had learned that one of their number was to receive his pardon, but they knew not whom, though they somehow sus- pected that it was the young fisherman who was to be pardoned, and they bitterly resented the favw shown to him by the gov- ernment. The two additional minutes of delay had expired. The soldiers drew up. The rattle of their arms was audible. y " Attention I Present arms I" shouted the officer in command, throwing away bis half- smoked cigar. Sucb events were now every- day affiurs to him and his brother militaires. Still he hesitated to give the final dread order. Tir, the word Tirez â€" draw, or fire â€" was upon his lips, but it was not yet pronounced, when a young woman in a state of wild distr.iction appeared upon the scene. It was Madeleine. " You are yet in time, Madame," said one of the two men who had guided her to the spot. "1 feared that we were too late." " Thank God 1" exclaimed the young girl, raising her eyes and clasped hands to heaven. She caught sight of her husband. " Antoine, my dear Antoine, my loved hus- band, thou art pardoned, thou art free!" she cried heecQetiS of everything aoound her â€" seeing no one save her husband, she was rushing swiftly towards him, when the young lieutenant placed his hand, not un- kindly, upon her sbou dcr and drew her gently back. "Why do J on stop me. Monsieur?" she fiercely cried. "Igotj embrace my hus- band, who is free. I have brought his par- don. ' "Will Madame produce the pardon?" said the young officer. "If it be correct, the husband of Madame will be instantly liberated." The pardon was produced, and closely ex- amined. The General's signature was well known to both the officers and the young fishcman, to whom the whole attair ap- peared like an ugly dream, was set frtje. Antoine could scarcely satisfy himself that he was awake, and that everything be beheld around him was reality lor he had heard nothing of his wife's arrival in Paris, and had believed her to be sti)l waiting at idonfleur for his return "is it a dreamâ€" a horrible dream?'" asked himselfâ€" "the legacy, the visit Paris, tlie assault of the mob, the rescue the poor country lad, my own arrest, and trial, and condemnation â€" everything " These thoughts passed through his mind in an instant. He was dazed his brain was bewildered be staggered like a drunken man, and gazed wildly around him. He did not even rebpond to the embrace of his young wife 1 Meanwhile, the spectators continued to murmur and the miserable men who still awaited their doom soowled enviously and savagely upon him, "Why is he pardoned, while the other poor wretches are left to meet their doom " some of the spectators asked. The people w?re getting accustomed to snch spectacles. Still, there were some among the female on- lookers who sympathised with tbe young fisherman and his pretty wife, and wept tears of delight when Madeleine embraced her busband-^as they would h..x o done bad they beheld such a scene in a theatre. At length a soldier on furlough stepped forth from amongst the crowd and laid his band upon Antoine's shoulder. "Come, monbrave^ «mo uway," saidbe, "unless thou preferrest to remain to be shot." And he Jed the young fisherman away from the /owe, Antoine walking like one in sleep. Scarcely had they gone twenty paces be- yond the mound in the rear of the /owe, when the sharp st«m word of command was beard, instantly followed by tbe clang of arms and the report of a volley of musketry. Antome shuddered, and awoke, as it were, instantly to consciousness. "But for the pardon that arrived at the last moment." he thought, "that report bad been my deaUi. knell I I should now be lying a Mnseless clod stretched in the ditch 1" "^•«" Madeleine uttered a sharp cry of horror ^« clung tightly to ber busbaad^s arm. The soldier alone seemed to think nothing of the matter. " R«*, up 1 bw up, my the newly n{^^%is |Bpm..pind flbd wife to theaselvM. A solemn sUsnoe heid saooeeden Ik. of muftketly, md iima there ^tmTt and the crowd dispersed, potsiblyu sigain and witness sneb another eos2* morrow. Some orertook, and 1o2j ef maaj of the jpedqktors, eilp^fliall/ esUy at the young fisherman and bii " ' " ** ' ' they passed them by and one onLi stepped up to Madeleine and embr^ lovingly and placed a posy of wild. her band. Antoineand Madeleine had mnch each other of what bad occurred t^ since they had parted in tbe nulwi» ' at Honfleur. "My beloved husband," said k^J when she ended her story, "I fejt sentment of approaching evil whes*) thee St tbe depot to return home Could I have bad my will, I would • have forfeited thy old aunt's lejj^^ have restrained thee from visiting Si^' ed city. But I cannot explain to thee* I felt when thy letter arrived inpUeeof! Antoine and Madeleine returned th» day to Honfleur, after having paid a 4' the fair and gentle daughter of tbe soa! fet, to thank ber for the generous tyZ, J Russian fellow it all of his own, right in f i I never saw anybody M that m«n was. Early in aightfall. away. and he to of comrade he said kindly. " I felt something as thou dost now, when^ yeart ago, in the Cri- mea, I came near being shot by the Rasaians as a spy, and when two of my brother-sol- diers, as innoeeot of the charge as I was. Buttered death. Bat I mnit leave thee now! It wUI not do for me to bo seen frateniainff too cloealy with one who baa been oqodMimed as a Communist thief iu»d aasassian, though I believe thee to be as innocent of such a cnme •â- .» ..^" *»J»««' Monsieorâ€" Madame, adieu!" And tooobiag kia shako, he torn- which had induced her father to exen ce with General Beaumont ir behalf. ta nigbtfair, taking his fc the pit. He seemed to ta| is it, and as he was a very iver let us get much of a d e was not a popular charact iced trenches. Many a good glory. It got such a nuis pped Eh^Us at him now a e minded them no mere thai 00 many oranges. One in tbe trenches, when Col. Torty-eighth,â€" A splendid shj man for sport â€" came along, a Sergeant were at work, at lonel camo up, one of thcii^ ball through his head. "Dei Who fired that " says th« gup his oye-glass. " Man ii the left, Sir," answers the gaw a neater shot," " He only showed for uldu't have fchown t^en ge of the trench is a bit wi he often shoot like that " rous man," replies the n ore than nil the euns in th| Major," says the Colont officer who was rer »w. iiiflnence with General Beaumont in Ant behalf. They cared Uttle for the a^lr Paris, where, amidst so much Bplej; and wealth, there is also so much to«! *• ^lothcr misery and crime and determined " Wh'^*' *^* ^^' ""^^'^t w^.f of their own free-will, to set ?S^ ««f^' "^° how long?' "Withi] again. "Adieu, Antoine " saidCe^ «N^" "Two t. one, .|n Ponie«, as her husband parted from her for t? 7*' ^^^ ^^^ ^n^^""' voyage; "I woiSSher trust t^^. i?.' Sfc'^^'emljorl'Tnrtr Wt ^Swas » great man tor moasuriu dee. was the Colonel, and al way jj-*P cartridge and then filled "Tfl^Un- to his taste. He took Ontra«ealn the South Seaa Siatime°ge"in8 the Sergeant's Particulars of several terrible ouS tarfease him. At last he got it committed by the South Sea Islander.' Aailass screwed well into his ey ' ^aenl '^J^^g » g^ya he, "just push voyage "l would rather trust thee wjti wild sea, than with the people of that • ble city." (the knd.) just been received at Liverpool, from » it appears that in addition to the murdt the captain of a trading steamer aod woundingof some of the crew, the treed 'â- â€¢Â«' r- i i r i ous natives havo also burned down atnc hody up, and the Uoionei stood, factory and massacred the occupants. â-  yatds otT, peering over the edg .outrages in question occurred at the He Island. The steamer "Fria," it seemt chored off the island, and the captait once proceeded in a small boat to the »1k Everything was perfectly quiet, no sign. life being seen. On reaching the shore captain jumped out of the boat, when stantly a volley of firing was heard, and unfortunate man fell dead on the b^ pierced through the body by five rd us, and then down on his as a door-nail. "Double or mtm in the pit to the right, Orionel, loading up his" gun a; ty»k the Major had dropped m forone day over his shoolmg, for biir of another try. By the " hHided over to Smith's widow, fti».handed gentleman, was t â- al unlike yourself, iir.â€" J JUfitd. The Csax and Csorina Da B«cently in the English Palaj off, there was a ball in favor "iip'over'the trench. He's di [another wound will make to him." The men began t^ 1 the Colonel stoo( fik* a lynx. As soon as the t' shako appeared, we saw the bd MB come slowly out of the sai yXl^ bis poor dead face lookl «Ze, whizz comes a bullet right JoiEead. The Russian, he peep^ pit to see the efi"ect of his shot, ^8 at anything again until arerlasting river. The Colonel .....ft. .„c uuuy uy Eve« sort of chuckle, and the riflcinar bullets. The firing ^me f^ro Ja cC ^^^f^l "^^/fL^ r^Z.'ll!. mangrove shrubs, and was followed tr rush of some dozen natives, who ran di to the beach in the direction of the The crew with all speed backed water; made for the direction of the steamer before they could get out of reach boat received a number of rifle shots in side. One of the crew was also shot thro: the thigh and was in a dangerous condji The mate then took charge of the stei and brought her to Mutudi.. The stet " Pacific," belonging to the same ownen the "Fna"'â€" a German firm, named Hi stein Co. â€" anchored about one hunc and fifty yards off the sams island. Ma Hernstein had established a factory on E f^ggd and crippled sohlicrs. e mit Island and, on the "Pacific" get Sfcory of the Emperor Nicho' near. It was seen that the premises hadt 3^^ Majesties, the Empc burnt to tbe ground. A few minutes i ^^^ " anchoring the steamer was fired on, the sailants being hidden in a;clump of manp trees. The crew returned the tire, but: could see nothing of their opponent?, bt only able to ascertain their whercabouti the flash of their rifles in the buahet time they fired. After this the enemy o? ed fire from both sides of the bay, so tht was deemed advisable to lift anchori leave the spot. The fire, ho\*'ever, » the deck of the steamer untenable, and; sailors were unable to weigh anchor. last the captain ordered the engines tt put full speed, and the anchor was drag along until the vessel was out of reach oi fire. Nothing was seen of the occupien the factory on shore, and it was behf they had been massacred before the fact itself was burnt ilown.â€" London Stan^ Kiaaing the Bride. There is a popular notion that it is; privilege of the clergyman who ties the k: to be the first to kiss the b; ide on the t elusion of the ceremony. Mr Hndersoi. his Folk-Lore of the Northern Countid lates how a clergyman, after performiiu marriage in a Yorkshire village, was k prised to see the pa ty keep together u expecting something. "What are t waiting for?" he asked at last. "Pl» sir," Was the bridegroom's answe:, "y« no kissed Molly." Not many years ago,' are told how n fair lady from the county Durham, who was married in the eoutb England, so undoubtedly reckoned for i clerical salute tkat, sfter waiting for it vain, she boldly took the initiative, atd i stowed a kiss on the much-amazed set; country vicar. The practice, too, wm years past much kept up in Scotland, MC, were pleased to be pres also the Queen of Greece Di^es Serge and Paul, the GrJ Al(xandria Josephovna. with h^ the Duke of Leicetenberg and t| Oldenburg. The tickets were sc body without any restriction. aM held in the En^ish Palace thii ball surpassed those of fori itabrilliant decorations and ge^ iMfet. All the rooms of the pCiQlusely ornamented with trc Sliln the imperial hot-houses. 1^ room a portrait of Nicholas,! hidden behind eomc luxu^ the eff'ect was that the la red gazing at the dancing I l^'O'clock the Queen of Greece] opened the ball. At half MlScstics, the Emperor and the paired. The Emperor wore th^ th« Finn Guards, and the Em] dnpB of bright rose satim embi riih lace and white pearls, had a diadem ornarfientec diamonds. Their Majesj byjhe Princess of Oldenburg] agers of the ball. Gen. Ar happiness to present the Km| tifnl bouquet. Then th t into the dancing room ar part in the dancing. peior and Empress favored p sas c nt with their gracious conj haf past 12 they left the ballJ tmaed till 4 a. m. Pecuniarij this ball was also a great succe 8k Petersburg PravUeletvenny l««'4- Population ofthe Gl ifhe population of the earth 1 referred to in the ?olloVrng'old~6ong. ' rfjicinating study for statist. ci which the bridegroom, addressmg the^; ^^K^r ^^^° ^»^« J"^^ P"^i iater- rW •uur«wujg mJkt^ edition of a former work Thsy give the total as l,43;l,SS! ister, says It 8 no very decent for you to be kisshig It doM not look well In the black coat avt Twould have set you far t)etter taehaep your blessing Than tbns by such tricks to be breaking law "Dear Wattle." quo* Robin, "it's just an olds tom. An' the things that is common should ne'er ill ta'en For where ye are wronsr. if ye hadna ha' «* ed him. Yon shoulrt ha' been flrst. It's yourscl'tC blame." It has been suggested that this custom â- â€¢ be a relic of the osculun, pacts, or the p«« entation yf tbe Pax to the newly m*^, pftir. Mr. Henderson also informs as ^^ some years ago it was customary in Ir*!*^ for the clergyman to conclude the vatrM^t ceremony with the words, "Kiss your wif* ' and occasionally " the bridegroom was if pntto prevent one or other of hiscomp** ions from intercepting the salute desig" for himself." Mr. T. V. Smith has received a tele(3* from Sir Henry Qore Booth, dated Han*^ fest, 8 ptomber 16, stating that his v«»* the "Kara," met with ice on AugwJ; end was subsequently driven ashore on r* Idand. She floated on September 2, jured. and sailed soatbward; ut 23,000,000 less thaf U o years ago. They ha\ China has 50,000,000 Ic erly supposed. There hi increase of about 38, tion of the globeâ€" an ir which must be spread ol m many of tbe recent census^ aiaL For Europe the presenj ittt7,743,400, showing an inci 1^000,000 over the previous .tion of the censuses. In ance for the readjustmer on of China, there has bet 1,000,000, the present poj own at 795,591.000. Of ,tes must sometimes be guesses, for example, for For this continent Ir. tha,t the estimate of Ij oioagb, while Behm an(^ the old figure of 200.000, ble hesitation. called at forty-eij m 'Cleveland and absk 1 home 7" There was no B, end yet for sn promptly replied, " Y«