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P1008 8m L28. “In: [our ye firm: ' ' 7 you airs} s, bu. the nah go a ' r mmmer time. “v'ben a resolver . and at a man in the heat of a discussion, ‘I l _ Mug“ ‘1 ‘Jill)‘ links at 't (Abba-CT the. onlyperson t at we ever heard 0 a. wuss t sporled by being lion rid Ia! a J ew named Daniel. Ir rains a‘iks on the ' ' I _ I . just and on the un- justâ€"on the just mainly because the unjust nave borrowed their umbrella. A Darn-rants Illustrationâ€"Lid}- Visitor Scripture Cissyâ€"With what weapon did‘ Samson slay his enemies? After {period of unbroken-lien”, Fs'r Questioner (touching her blooming cheat ,-â€" What's this 1' Cnnrosâ€"~ The jar bone of a bass, mum. GUIBOLLHD in .s sudden access of fervor remarked: “How wonderful the ways of Providence 1 ‘I'Zvrrytlring is foreseen; each month hal its proper griwih : l'oiatoes,oats beans, paparsgus, peas, always somelh2ng new. “i h- n u ne thing goes the other comes. As soon a. the season for fruits has passed the season of preserves and jelly arrives!" Of course there are some of us who are a trrde bored when compelled to listen a second time to the same, ammo. The weari- ness would has little alleviated if repeat~ up would hear in mind the answer ofa little girl of twelve years, the daughter of a clergyman, who was asked, “Sadie, doen papa ever preach the same sermos twrce?" " Pop," queried a youngster of his father, as they were walking hand in hand to church one Sabbath morning, " does your minister keep a candy store 2" " Why, whtaover put that into your head 2" sail the father smiling at the absurdity of the question. “.“ ell,‘I heard deacon Parker say that he didn’t like the parson because he gave the Lord too much tally." A ooonlparson, who had the happy facul- ty of saying a kind word for everybody in whose behalf one could possibly be said, re~ ccntly olIrciated at the funeral of a farmer who was known us the meanest and most rurserly man in the neighbourhood. Instead of execrating the deceased for his extortion- ate and niggardly habits this kindly dispos- edclergyman kindly spoke of him as “ the best arrthmeticisn in the country." A minister once took a contract to ay for his board by saying grace a'. the table. The very first dinner to which he sat down had a line coon for the clri,f piece. Oi this he was very fund, and his grace took a poet- rc form, running as follows : Lord, bless this cod r, John and his mother, And give them gram To run the race And catch another. A r'oLonsu man, who is pretty well oil, has had his son educated for the ministry. Last Sunday the Galveston Bluelight col- cred tabernacle was crowded to hear the young man preach his first sermon. It was a up undid effort, and the father of the young exhorter was as hap y as a clam in thirty feet of water. The (fay after he was asked by a friend how he liked his son's scr- rnon. “How does I like it? Why, dat arifboy preaches like do berry old buy his- se . Tris following is the prayer reported at Boston, of the Rev. Mr. Msllalion, nimed at Dr. Crosby : ” Bless that Rip Van Winkle of thc temperanca cause who was here on a recent occasion, and give him a baptism of common sense to teach him that Christ was not a gluttonous man, nor a Sab- bath-breaker, nor a wine-bibber, nor a blas- phemer, and to let the light of modern times shine in upon his dark and benighted mind. A man who was continually boasting of the kindness of Providence to him once step- ped on a banana peel and came to oarth in spite of his efl'orts to recover himself. A friend twrtting him on the circumstance derisively asked : ” Whero did the I’rovi- dance como in on that occasion ‘3" “ l’lnin- ly enou h," was the answer. "It was a plank wa k ; if it had been a stone oneâ€"ah, well, thanks be to Providence, it wasn’t " Ln'rLit 3-year-old busied himself on Sun- day in looking at tho pictures in the bible, and the one representing the drowning of Pharaoh, his horses and chariots captivate! him to such an extent that he at once he- gan to play horse with his sister. “ Why," said his mother, “Johnny should'nt play horse on Sunday I" “ Well, there's a horse in the bible." was the reply, and that seem- cd to settle it. Curmax was once pleading, when an ass began to bray, and the chief justice inter- rupted the crater in his address to the jury, sayin : " Ono at a time, Mr. Curran, if or: p case." Curran said nothing in reply ; but when he had finished his speech the judgo began to read his instructions to the jury. Very soon the ass began once more to bray, and Curran spoke up: “ Does not your lordship hear a very remarkable calm in the court 2" » <‘I- p-mw BMINBNT FOLKS. Parser: Brsirarrcrt siy that Emile Zola and other French novelists are responsible for the running away of his son Herbert with another man‘s wrl'c. Tin: Baroness Burdett-t‘outts has been seriously ill with what the eminent physi- cian, Sir Willian Gull, at first pronounced to be typhus fever. At last accounts she was able to go out for a short airing. ller illness is attributed to the mental strain to which she has been subjected for several years. A! Austrian nobleman, Baron von Lau- benfsls, has died in lmdville, (‘olorsdn‘ whose life in America was full of bitter (x- rionces. lie was married, and had four children, all of whom, together with a sorr- imlaw, were murdered by the Gila-Apache Indiana. A daughter was so terribly mal. treated by the nu ts that her mother be~ came insane. and so (quoutly poisoned her. self, alter Ir ing to paison her husband. The Baron serve in the Union army during the war, and took part in thirteen engagements. It is suspected that his death is to be traced to his own hand. A Lunar» man of Prague, the chiefrck c of Bohemia, has discovered that Bisms sytii by descenta Czech. which. in view of the ride of race of the th inhabitants of Bo- amis and their hatred of the Germans, is a highly satisfactory piece of information to them. Thsir learned countryman further announces that be has succeeded in tracing back the Bismarck genealouy for many cen- turiea, and that in a pamphlet about to be published he will clearly prove that about the car "100 there lived a cer- uin \\ enrol Bismarck. a direct ancestor of use Moorland-iron diplomat, who was a teacher of music. Also that another Bis. muckian progenitor was the originator of the national costume of the Czechs, and that a third compiled the first l‘sech dictionary. Tau Princess Dolrcrouks. cr Jurievsks, u she has been styled since her murganatr ' was with her sister, the Princess hfstchsraki, at the moment of ths assassina- “on of the Russian Rm ror. She drove “Piaf, toths Winter l’s ace in a sledge, and remained iu the Cat's chamber until his eldest son intend the room, when she ini- nmmy withdrew. The correspondent adds that his union with the Princess Dolv gomkl explains the calmness with which we‘re“ nus! of the people Retired the in- umgeacs of the Car's death. The new Bui- r, on the other hand, has been welcomed with the utmost enthusiasm. Alexander IlL. it is said. has had an interview oath the hm Junsvsks, 'hwfihllllfln will be Pm'ud for, while she Iill be allo'vd to "snail in llama. It u_u‘en edition! that m mpmgcneroosly intends to announce b“ r with his late father as a last ",1 "page token of respect for his mesh- 0!!- Mâ€"m-«câ€"w «~m - 3! Lu paper states that. of fifty‘tive A fidwa hsdaom out fronting- m web of husbands, only one had Nicknamed FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1881. l l j The Sea. at his pup y. The sensitive clergyman was ' stung to t e soul by the chatter of the child, i which continued all his diffident fears. ‘Written by Capt. M. A. 5. Ilsrc, of IL)! Eur)“i It, wgl (me then “up Glowin: rediwbd dice. lost I! the mu: u! finzhnd: ; him, held him is asan object of scorn. Her i courtesy was on y pityâ€"condescension. She did not consider him even in the position of la friend. It was too cruel a trial. He stole out of the room to his own chambers, and did not return again to the drawing-room that evening What had he to do amongst themâ€" the shy, difiident lone- ly stranger, who had no true part in their joy or their grief 2 I sat on the shore of the beautiful sea, As the billows were rolling wild and free, i Onward they came with unfailing force, Then backward turned in their restless course ; Ever and ever sounded their rosr, Foaming and dashing against the shore, Ever and ever they rose and fell, With heaving and sigliing and mighty swsll; And deep seemed calling aloud to deep, Lest the murmuring waters should drop to sleep. In summer and winter, by night and by day, Through cloud and sunshine hr ld their way ; Oh ! When shall the waves wild murmuriug cease, And the mighty waters be hushed to pesce ! Cusr‘rzn V. The young tutor could not sleep that night. The words reported by the enfant terrible haunted him. Glorviua despised him, and thought him a fool. All her ness to him, her efl'orts to help and cheer him.‘ had been sscrifices of her own pleasure to bene- fit another. There was a keen pang in know- ing that she held him in contempt and that his ungraceful ways moved her mirth, At the first dawn of the gray bght of morning he rose, dressed himself and went out. Though now the middle of September, the air was not coldâ€"only pure and bracing; and, as it played on his burning brow; it refreshed and calmed him. James Surridge was a true lover of Nature. She could al- ways comfort him in all his sorrows. He was a devout man too ; and, by the time the sun had begun to rice, he had succeeded in overcoming the agony which had been so fearfully keen, and was composed, though and. He had in the meantime passed through the lodge gates and entered a long narrow lane on one side of the main road which led towards .\Ir. Coghlan’s homo-farm. Thence the tutor could return across the meadowa to a Priory by a way Teddy had shown him. On reselling the farm, he took the road, and, opening a gun, was soon in a meadow of some extent, bordered by clumps of elm trees. He had crossed two meadows, still pearly with the morning dew and redolent of the sweetness of the dawn, when he was startled by loud terrified screams, and,look- ing up, he saw a girl running at full speed, pursued by a‘ furious bull. Surnng was close to the hedge. Ho tore a stake from it ' and rushed to save the endangered woman. Dashing sideways at the animal, he gave it a blow with his stake, which checked its course and at once turned its fury Ion him. But the tutor was light and nimble. He sprung on one side and avoided its onset, and, moving backward, kept it at bay with blows from his stake. Then, perceiving that the girl was out of sight, he suddenly â€"riftor a crushing blos' at the bullâ€"turned and sprang over a fence which separated the meadow they were in from another. It was a leap which brought him on his face on the other side ; but be was up in a moment, and, seeing that the animal was struggling frantically to force its way through the hedge after him, he ran off as fast as he could towards the farm. And now ho saw, as he neared the buildings, that the alarm was given, and that several of the farm hands, armed with pitchforks, were running to- wards him. It was time, for the bull had torn the fence apart, and, with bleeding sides. and fiercer than evor, was roaring and coming af- ter him with head lowered and tail in the air. The labourers however interposed now with shouts and threateninqs ; and Surridge paused at a tolerable distance to breathe. ” \Vhy,parson, be it you 2" exclaimed one of the farm hands, stopping as the others ran on. " Sure it's the bold heart ye have to go against a craythur like you ! And its obliged we are to you for saving our Kath: loen from him." "The blessin‘ of the virgin be on you, air 2" panted Kathleen. coming forward, trembling and sobbing. " I thought my last hour had come." "Thank Heaven for your deliverance," said the tutor gently but solomnly, “ us in- deed I cught also for mine. It was a narrow escape for both of us." “Ay. sure it was, your riverence! but you had no need to run the riskâ€"and only for poor me too !" _ Surridgc glanced at her as she spokeâ€"in truth, she was not gifted with the national beauty. Her face was broad, flat, and sum~ mer freckled ; her bare arms and feet show- ed that she was of the lowest order of the peasantryâ€"tho farm drudgo in fact. The farm-hand noticed his glance, and exclaim- odâ€" ” But sure, sir, as good a lass as ever breathed ; ready to help anybody ! The saints bless her and you for saving her !” Surridge nodded good-bumourodly. “I am very thankful to have been in time," he said. “ Good morning to you. I suppose the men will secure the bull 3" " Ay, sir, Mick’s got a rope round his neck now i" replied the labourer, looking toward the scene of the conquest. ” It‘s a vicious brute the craythur is I By your love sir, I'll go past it with you. My pitchfork would be a good help if it gets loose again ; and there is no telling what it may do." Surridge thanked him and accepted his offer, said “good-bye," to Kathleen, and started once more on his homcward way, entering into conversation with his compan. ion as they walked together ; for with the poor. whom he was used to aid and teach, James had no shyness. They understood him as he understood them. The family were at breakfast when the tutor entered the Priory ball, and were not a little uneasy at the absence of their chap- lain at prayers. Surridge apologised, but said nothing of the cause of his detention. He was toshy to relate the story of his re- cent prowncss. But, before breakfast was over. Norah startled him with the excla- mationâ€" “ Why, Mr. Surridge, ycrr have split the back of you coat 3" Crimsoning, the young 'c'ergymum was obliged to explain that he had had an en- counter with a bull, and had probably torn his garment in the struggle; and than ea er questions and cross-questionings compel ed him to stammer out the story of his own ex- ploit. There was a murmur of applsuto as the tale closed. Teddy called out that his tutor was " a regular brick," and Mrs. Cog- hlsn declared that the action was bcroic. “ And 1 am so much obliged to you for saving poor Kathleen," said that sweetest voice which was his heart's music. “ she is an especial favorite and protegee of mine." James could only blush and stammcr in reply; but he felt that he was more than rewarded for risking his life that morning : and then, at a whis redhint from Glorviua Mrs. Co hlsn desired Mr. Surridge to lot the need ewomsn, who resided in the house, have his coat to re 'r at once. “ I shouldn't wonder," said Norah tohim in the course of the morningâ€"” no I shouldn't wonder at all. Mr. Surridae, if Glorviua married you. She always said that she would marry the bravest man she knew, and you are very brave; and, though your cost is torn, she can buy you s new one." For the first time little Norah trembled at the anger which flashed from the lutor's eyes. “ How dare you, child," he cried, as she shrank backâ€"~" how dare you? Never talk It cannot be quietâ€"rt cannot rest; There must be heaving on ocean's breast ; The tide must ebb and the tide must flow, The changing seasons come and go; Still from the depths of that hidden shore, There are treasures tossed up along the shore. Tossed by the billowsâ€"then seized azain, Carried along by the rushing main. 0, strangely glorious and beautiful sra Sounding for ever mysteriously; “'hy are thy billowa still rolling on ‘ “'ith their wild and sad and musical tone : Why is there never repose for thee, “'hy slurnbered thou not, ob mighty sea? Then the oceans voice I seemed in bear Mournfully, solemnly, sounding near, Like a wail sent up from the caves below, Fraught with dark memories and human woe ; Telling of loved ones buried there, Of the dying shriek and the dying prayer ; Telling of hcartn still watching in vain For those who shall never come again ; Of the widow'u groan, the orj-ban’s cry, And the mother's speechless agony. Oh no, the ocean can never rest, With such secrets hidden within its breast. There is sorrow written upon the sea, And dark and stormy its waves must be. It cannot be quietâ€"it cannot sleep, That dark, relentless, and stormy deep. But the day will comeâ€"a blessed day, When earthly sorrow shall pass away ; When the hour of anguish r-lriill turn to peace, And even the roar of the waves shall cease. Then from its deepest and darkest bed, Old ocean shall render up her dead : And freed from the weight of human woes, Shall quietly sink in her last repose. No sorrow shall ever be written then, On the depths of the sea or the hearts of men; But Heaven and earth renewed shrill shine, Still clothed in glory and light divine. Then when: shall the billowa of ocean be 2 (lone ! For in Heaven there is “no more sea." It is a bright and beautiful thing of earth, That cannot share in the souls new birth ; It is a life of murmur and tossing of spray, And at resting time it must pass away. Butch, thou glorious and beautiful sea, There is life and health and blessingin thee. Solemnly, sweetly, I hear thy voice, Bidding me weep and yet rejoice. “’eep for the loved ones buried beneath, Rojorco in firm who has conquered death ; Weep for the sorrowing, tempest tossed, Rejoice in Him who has saved the lost ; Wer for the sin, and sorrow. and strife, Rejorco in the hope of Eternal Life. IN dining 0F PERIL. By His Author of “Hrnnsx Qurcxsasos, “ A RELENTLKAS Fox,” ” Manors O'CON- NOR'S Fortrurvas,”&c., ac. Crrarrsa IV.»cosrrsvr‘.n. That Sunday wastho last day of O’Brien's stay with them. He had lingcrod longer than the Doctor thought absolutely neces- sary, but the houpitality of the family had. never suffered him to see that they were somewhat weary of his presence. For he was restless ; ho wandered about the house, and startled Mrs. Cothan by appearing suddenly in strange and unexpected places ; and his temper, tried probably by pain, had shown itself as moroso and irritable, even to Glorviua. Surridgo lrad faithfully delivered the mes- sage of the keeper's servant-girl to Mrs. Coghlan. She thanked him and promised that the advice should be acted on, and the young ladies confined for the present. The park was largo enough to mako the confine. merit nicrely nominal. ' Mrs. Cogblsn was daily better pleased with the tutor. 'l‘cddy had taken both to him and to his book in a suprisin manner. Indeed .\Ir. Surridge lisd actual y rivallcd Glorviua in the boy's affections. lle extol- led his tutor as the wisest and finest of men; and by degrees Mr. Surridge‘s shyness, though not his dillidence worn off, and the oun man did himself justice, save with glissfiksmond. Whenever she spoke to him he grew nervous, blushed to the roots of his hair, stsmmered, and talked nonsense. Glorviua was partly amused, partelX provok‘ edby him, and occasionally teas him by jests and smiles, which the sensitive clergy- man knew not how to interpret. Almost from the first moment he saw her he had loved her with the strong passion of a reti- cent and proud naturc. But how ho less seemed that love! He was of good irth, but had no fortune; for he was the young- est son of an ancient but impoverished fam- ily; and she. be soon learned. was a weal- thy heircss, who might aspire to a coronal: without resumption. llo find himself every day that it was madness to think of her, yet thought of her incessantly. His eyes would sometimes grow dim with tears of deep emotion when she sang to the harp some of the thstic ballads of their country, and be lined that no one saw or noticed his feelings. But one pair of keen eyes was often on him, of which he had no suspicion or droid. Norah Coghlsu was undoubtedly an enlant terrible and nothing escaped her obac rvstion. One evening, as Glorviua was rinsing " Silent O'Moyls." the tutors's featureapro- bably expressed his ‘motion more strongly than usual, for Norah came up to him and asidâ€" "Wby do you sit here by yourself and sigh so 2 Don't you like Glorvina's singing! I don't when she sings such dismal ditties. I like funny songs. Can't you sing funny songs? But of course, you can't; you are ton stupid for thatâ€"ain't you 3 I heard Glorviua as you were like a mm in a lay â€"a man c led Marlowâ€"1nd Eva sai he couldn't say ‘ be to a gmss.’ But you could do that, couldn t you 2‘ Snrridge murmurvd something unintelli- gibls. « war. damn. you could," Norah went orgâ€""you are not so stupid as all that: but you are not like Captainlssicestsr, or am Tim.‘ Teddy hen interrupted this pleasant no- is too much 1" Sarah, terrified. retreated to cry alone, of Miss Desmond's marrying in that way. It . . ' or.rsthsr, withhordoll; towhomabscom Mingus by dramnghumtsrany tolook rider! heriajnries, promising her- atthesamo “Mun, pk“. time that she would tell Glorviua how cross “ If there is truth in augury they will fly that silly tutor was, and how be had said it far enough apart," said a scornnt voice at would be quite dreadful to marry her I For thus Hersh had understood his words. 0 o 9 Another threatening notice on the hall- door, and very definite this time," said Mr. Uogblsn, as he joined the tutor in the breakfast-room, some little time after this incident; and he placed a dirty piece of pa- per, which he held in Surridgc’s hands. The tutor took it and glanced over it. It ran thusâ€"- “Misther Coghlan,â€"-Yn have been warn- I ed once bekss ye helped the dirty sodgers at Ballinsra; but we spared yo bckas ye have ould Irish blood in yet- veins. But if ye go toDublin and bear witness a ainst the Buoys who have done their duty, it's die ye shall and all belongin’ to ye." “Carrars ROCK." “ I don‘t quite understand to what it al- ludes," said the tutor. “ \Vell, when they made a riot and were going to burn the town down, I read the Riot Actâ€"being the nearest magistrateâ€" before the soldiers fired on the mob. Some of the rioters were wounded, and two kill- ed ; but it was a pure act of self defence on our part, I assure you, though much to be regretted. Three 'of the rin leaders were captured, one in the act of en eavonring to knock me off my horse with his abillelagh. Iam summoned to Dublin to bear witness against him at the approaching assizes, and, unbappily, I saw him knock down and kill a helpless man who was on the side of law and order, my evidence is sure to hang him. That is why they threaten me; but the o o o threat, of course, can make no difference in (I my conduct, I must do my duty." The young clergyman looked very grave and anxious. “ I see that you must not yield to threats in this matter."’ he said ; ” but surely Mr. Coghlnn, while the animosity caused by this unlucky afl‘ray lasts it would be wiser to leave the place and take your family to Dublin." “ I don't believe we shall be safer there if Daniel O'Rourkeis hangedou my evidence,” replied Mr. Coghlan. “His relatives would not find it too far off for vengeance, How- ever say nothing oftbis notice to the ladies ; it will only harass them for nothing." “ When do you go ‘2" “ Early in November, and this is the sigh- teeuth of October. I shall leave on the first, and confide my family to your care till I return, Surridge, when I hope to move them to Dublin.” The entrance of Eva interrupted their conversation. The long period which had followed Cap- tain Rock’s first warning without fulfilment of his threats had gradually caused the fam- ily to forget the peril which lurked around them. It is true they heard of fearful out- rages in other parts of Ireland; but a lull seemed to have fallen on their country. Glorviua and Eva no longer kept to the rounds in their daily walks; but, at Mrs. ogblan's request, joined Teddy and his tutor in their rambles, to the great de- light of both the pupil and his preceptor. Captain Leicester often joined them also; and Surridge was relieved on perceiving that much of his attention was now bestowed on Eva. They had not seen quite so much of Tim O’Brien lately. He had been from home “visiting friends,” he said. But a day or two before Mr. Coghlan's departure he call- cd and asked to speak to tlresquire. The interview was rat er a long one, and the family noticed that Tim looked very grave after it. That night Mr. Coghlsn observ- ed to his wife when they were aloneâ€" “ I fear Tim O‘Brien is extravagant ;hc is always in want of money. Though,"‘ he added “I allow that his father keeps him too short." “It is a pity,” replied the sagacious little woman, “ that poor Tim should not have a profession. An idle lad, energetic and ac- tive as be is, is apt to get into trouble. I wonder where he goes on those long visits he makes?" “I am sure I can’t tell you,” said Mr. Cog- lrlsn. “ But he is ‘ hard up ’ again as he calls it, and has borrowed a pretty large sum altogether of me at intervals. However I told him to-day that this must be the last loan I make him. It would be unjust to my children to risk more." Mrs. Coghlan was of the same opinion; she had been uneasy more than once at her husband‘s good-natured loans to Tim O'- Brien. Crrarrsr. VI. . It was the eve of Allhallowa. Mr. Cog- hlan was to leave for Dublin on the next day, but his family attached no sense of danger to his journey, being in ignorance of the “’hiteboys last threat. Ontbe contrary, they were in high glee. Captain Leicester and a young bwther-ofiicer-a cornet named Quarlosâ€"O Brien, and Lucy Walker, the clergyman’s daughter, who had come on a visit to the Priory, were gathered round the drawing-room fire with the other members of the family after dinner. “ Do you know what tonight is 2" asde Glorviua of the tutor. " It is Allhallows Eve, and wo must try to learn our for- tunes." "Do yo believe in such idle superstions?" he asked. " Of course 1 Am I not a true Irish girl? I adhere to the faith of my forefathers in such harmless matters as a point of honour. You will join us 2" “ The parson will not think it befitting cloth," said Tim you, Snrridgn '.'" He had been very civil and gracious to James since he had set his arm. “ I see no serious objection," was the reply, as the tutor drew a chair up beside Glorviua. " First," said the yonn lady solemnly. “ we must burn nuts toget er, and you shall begin. Here are two; one represents your- self, the other you must name.” " Let it be me," cried little Norah eager- ly; “ and, if ldon't pop off, I shall be Mrs. Surridge." The tutor smiled, and put the nuts ride by side. as he was directed, on the bar. Alas, her-ah flew off with abounce, quite befitting the little damsel's character ! “Oh, dear," she exclaimed, "how lire- some 2 And there are Captain Leicester and Evaâ€"it is Eva, isn't itlâ€"burniug so bright. ly ride by side." _ There was a laugh : a flush on Captain leicoster’s face and a vivid blush on Eva's. Then young Quarles volunteered to burn a not with the child, Miss Lucy Walker's having flown oil from his. Glorviua had held two outs in her fingers for some minutes. “Glorviua,” whispered Tim at her tide, “ may I not try with you 3" “No ; we will not risk a false augury," she re lied gravely. " Let meson; whom shall select 2" Then, with a sweat indif- ferent smile at the clergyman, as if tbs idea of his being s lover were simply fantastic nonsenseâ€"” Mr. Surridge, you shall be my chosen nut." As she spoke. s 60ml of crimson rushed over his face. For an instant he looked up at her. What did she read in those despair- ing pa-iouate eyes 2" Glorviua started and dropped her nuts. It was not possible to mistake that look of hopeless ion. She did not know very well what to do; but it wassurely best toappear not to have seen and understood. She rose, gravely placed tbonutaupouthabnrofthegrate, and reâ€" his good-humouredly ; “ will part of the 8 , this moment another carriage drives up, a her side. It was Tim‘s and she felt as if she could have struck him, as she saw by a fur» tivo pallor which succeeded the glow on the tutor's face as he caught the words. “Nay,” she replied gently, “Mr. Sur- ridge and I are great rriends. We shall burn with the calm steadiness of friend- ship." And so in fact it proved. The nuts burned clearly and brightly side by side to the last. Other games were lsyed. They were successiver blindfolded: walked out of the room, and returned to touch at hszsrd four saucers placed in a rowâ€"one filled with wa~ tor, another filled with earth, another with paper, the fourth empty. Lucy upset the water and was declared to be the destined bride of a sailor; Eva put her fingers in the earth, and was consequently told that she would marry one who lived by the land ; and Glorviua picked out some pieces of paper, which gave her, of course, to one of the learned professions. Captain Leicester and young Quarles complained that the Army had no chance in this divination ; but Mrs. Coghlan, who entered into the fun, assured them that the water represented all who served their country. There was much innocent mirth till the children went off to bed. Mr. Coghlsnbnd already gone toarrango a little business still left unsettled. s “ Shall we sow hemp-seed at midnight 3" asked Tim. “\Vhat is that." was the Englishman’s unstion. “ \Vell, you taken pocketful of hemp-seed and sow it round the church, singing, ‘ Hemp-seed. I sow youâ€"hemp-seed I sow you ; let my love come and mow yon.’ The phantom of the future husband then appears and reaps in dumb show with a sickle ; if a lady. she flits by with a scythe.” “ By all means let us try it," said the Corner. “ Is the church far off 1" “ No ;just outside the gates. Let us go 1 We can wait in the porch and let the hemp- seed sownrs go round one by one," said Tim. ” I scarcely like the idea," declared Mrs. Coghlau ; in these timesâ€"4" “ Oh, msmma,"iuterrupted Eva, who was unusually excited by the fun of the oven- ing, “ I don’t believe in ‘theso times ;’ I believe W’hiteboys are only scar-screws l” " At any rate.” observed Captain Leices- ter, who also seemed anxious for the excur- sion, "you will be safe with us; we have swords, and O‘Brien can take that tremen- dous shillelagh of his without which he never stirs.” And so the excursion was settled, in spite some wild rcmonstrances from the tutor, who sincerly wished that Mr. Coghlrin was there to forbid it. In fact he stole away to that cutleman’s study to warn him; but could not; find him there,or in his room, and when he returned to the drawing-room he found all the young cople gone. “Mr. Surri go," said Mrs. Cogblan au- xiously, “they have all run off like a car- cel of silly children. I wish you would be so kind as to go after them and see that no harm comes of their frolic." '53 [TO BE commit:an .â€" Drawing-Room Drinking. THE DIBGBAOEFUL SPECTACLE wm'rrssnn IN ENGLISH PARLOBS. ondori Truth.) Not long ago a strange scene took place in a pretty garden, not a hundred miles from London. The tree-shaded lawn was scatter- ed over with seats, while here and there It bright-colored Persian rug for the special be- hoof of any guests who object to open-air amusements on. account of the “ damp grass. " To some minds grass is always damp. It was early in the afternoon, and the only tenants of the gardens were the servants, who were arranging refreshments upon some tables un- der the trees. They seeomed full of nods and becks, and whispers of apparently mys- terious import passed among t em. A car- riage drives up to the gate, and two ladies, entering, look around for their hostess. The servant who has admitted them goes in search of his mistress, and soon after 0 young and beautifully-dressed woman issues from the house, her face deeply flushed, her eyes half closed, and her gait uncertain. J ust at entleman and alady being the occu ants. ' hey, too, enter the garden gate and a vnnce toward the house across the lawn. As they approach the uncertain, swayin figuro of their hostess, they look at each at rer signifi- cantly, and the lady says. in a low voice ; “ I was afraid of this. Where can Mr. X. beto allow her to be seen in this state 2" The in- terpretation of those wild looks, that disor- dered hair, and the meaningless words, is that Mrs. K rs intoxicated. though not suf- ficently so to be quite helpless. Slre wan- ders about among her nests, her condition, however, being so alps 19, so unmistakable, that the majority augh and titter, while the friendly few pity, though they condemn. Tho painful scene was ended by the arrival of her husband, whose look of misery, has he led his wife on his arm through the groups of gaily-drcssed cople into the house, touch- ed even the lung or: with pity. This is no exaggeration of facts. It is, un- fortunately, s. scene from real life, and, I fear, not an uncommon one. The love of strong drink appears to be increasing among the ulucsted women of our day. During the season just past, instances of this were so frequent as to lead to the conjecture that a kind of epidemic of drink was pervading those classes of society in which culture, po- sition, and possession of every comfort in life would appear to be sufficient guarantee against so degrading a vice. "Society" ladies, in fact, live too much upon excite- ment not to squer from the inevrtable reac- tion. For ri few months in the year they endure continued fatigue in treading the so- cial mill, and for the remainder they are a prey to ennui. They try the first dose of chloral as an experiment. “ My eyes look so dull and heavy this morning. So and-So says chloral is such a capital thing; 1 think I’ll try it." In this case, as in that of range, it is not “the first step that costs." ]t is easy enough. But from an experiment it bo~ comes a practice, and from a practice it de- velops into a necessity. It is no longer 35f~ vent, but master. hf lady has her pint of champagne about an our after breakfast, another at luncheon, aglsss of liquor instead of afternoon tea, a regular sequence of wines at dinner, and brandy in her postprandial coflee. Her chloral in her dressing-room is as permanent and indispensable an arrange- ment as her bath, and much sooner missed from its usual position than her bible. __.___...- lion. Mr. Chaplmu, the Premier of Quebec. and Mr. J. S. C. Wurtele, Q. (3., ll. I’. P., the executive officers of;tbc Credit Foncier Franco-Canadien, have been in the city for a few days making arrangements to pigs: the Ontario branch of their company. ey have determined to commence at once to lend money in this Province, and pending the appointment of an advisory board. have autme Messrs. Batty, Miller. Biggar kBlackstock, of Tomato. solicitors, to re- ceive sp litatians for loans and act on be- a company in this Precinctâ€"Mad half of 71b of April. The Spirit of the Age. ‘ Stupendous fact this surely ! “ Form of expression " if you like ; but no mere form of expression, no chance collection of sounds ' expressing it rriay be, nothing, or next to ‘ nothing, or nothing at all events that is 3 not in many ways noble and progressive, 3 grand and enduring. Ypu may not be able fully to grasp it, for a spirit is mysterious,but is it any the less real on that account 2 You may not be able to give accurate definitions of what it is, and how it manifests itself 2 but none the less on that account is it most emphatically real, none the less instinct with mighty possibil- ities, none the less a synonym for many grand and lofty conceptions, for much that I is noblcst and best in human nature. Each age of the world has its own peculi- l ar Spirit, the result in part of the Spirits of all preceding ages : but at the same time always standing aloneâ€"â€" distinctive and apart in many of its characteristicsâ€"separ- ated from all of these. There is the Spirit of the Age of THE WORLD'S lSr‘ASI‘Y and early youth, when all things were irr- stinct With Wonder and with beauty, when all parts of naturc hold voices for tho lis- tening ear, and the reverent eve of n wor- shipprng age was yet open to primeval love- liness in all the various forms of its enchant- ments. The Spirit of the am: or ClllVALRYâ€" when duty and obedience, l-Jvc, honour,:iml simplicity were the virtues most honoured and admired, in theory always, in practice more remittcntly. ’ The Spirit of the AGES 0F DESI‘O'I'ISM ~- whcu the strong man is the only great man, and might in well-nigh the synonym of right. And now what shall we call this age of ours, this lattcrqnartcr of the nineteenth century in which we live, tlrcsc opening vistas of n grander epoch than this old world has ever yet seen 2' Shall we call it emphatically the AGE OF FREEDOM AND 0)“ PROGRESS '1 Shall we say that the Spirit which inspires it, is more than nuulrt else, one of Libtrty and. ‘nlightcnment? And is it; not 2 Is it not? IV 110 dare deny it? The Spirit of our age is an earnest Spirit. Drones are now more than ever lcft be- hind. Sluggurds awake in the morning and whero are they ‘2 Trillch and empty boast- crs are swept from the path like snow from the track of the locomotive. It is an INQUISITIVE, ll.\lll.\'i': Sl’llll'l' this spirit of our age. Intelligence and thought have been roused as never beforc \Vc no longer accept things on the inerodic- turn of authority, asking no reasons and expecting none. The most cherished con~ victions of the past are subjected to intense and searching criticism, to the closest of close enquiry, and nothing but the purest of virgin gold will pass unscathed through the seven-fold heated furnace of the sceptical mind; Blind rcvnrcncc for the past, for socirrl rank, for loyalty, for learning, for royalty, for religion itself, for everything in short, that mankind thinks about and fuels nbout,â€"all, all this is gone. And in its place ha 8 come â€"whst '2 The Spirit of this ago of ours is .A llES’l‘lJ-LSS SPIRIT. There are lrcnviuus and tossingsof the whole framework of society, mud longings, r'cclr- less aspirations, unbounded hopes for sulf- nggrandizerncnt,or for freedom from oppres- sion, vaulting ambitions, crushing dispair that may be roused to madness by its mis- ery, eager, cnrucst, lint, fiery, feverish toas- ings to and fro, as in u. very bottomless pit of woeful restlessness. Therc arr: likewise boundless hopes for the present and future well-being o the race, splendid clforts to increase the material and spiritual riches of the world, lrcroic, carricst cilorts to dispel all darkness and bring in all light. Forwarts immcr worwnrtsâ€"is the motto of this age of ours, whether for good or evil. No looking back, forward, cvcr forwardmnd time alone will tell whether it will land us in a heaven or a hell. But we have tlrc past to guide us, if we will read its lessons nriglit, and heaven can be brought ricrrrcr, and hell drivcri further away. The Spirit of the age is one of frccdorri, of progress, of enlightenment, very largely one of steadfast dovotion to duty, of earnest striving after light. It is not yet one of strong and resolute faith in the unseen and the Eternal, and heroin lies its weakness, -â€"â€" > 0.0 4â€"â€"â€"~~â€"â€"~â€"~ Wm. A. Hunter‘s Suicide. TlIl} NOS 0? AN HI~MAYUlt OI“ hllOO’l'lSU HIMSELF IS l’AllK. BROOKLYN A l'.\l.l. ltl \'l2l: A dcspatclr from Full llivor yesterday :irr- nounccd that William A. Hunter. the son of cx-Msyor John W. Ilurrtcr of Brooklyn, arrived in Fall River by boat on “'ulrrca- day morning and committed suicide in one of the city parks there yesterday morning by shooting lrimsclf. '1 his dcspatcli adds : “Dospondoncy appears to have been the cause of the not." The news prover] a great shock to Mr. Hunter’s family and friends in Brooklyn, who could divine no causo for the suicide. Mr. Iluutcr lived on Hl Greene avenue, Brooklyn, and was a rncnrhr-r of St. Jnnrcs's Episcopal Church. He had a wife and three children, and his domestic relations were in every way pleasant. lie was 44 years of age. He had been a commision merchant for a number of years at 57 Broadway. and was supposed to be in comfortable circum- stances. Ilia habits, so far as known, were exemplary, and socially he wasa favorite with his friends, because of his livr-ly dis- position. lie was a member of the Veteran Assocration of the Thirteenth icgirnrrit. Ex-Mayor Hunter, who is Sl-crctary of the Dime Savings Institution, yusicrday 7r:- ceivcd a despatclr saying that his sun was thv family be sent to Fall llivcr. oucc sent John If. Ilumi-r, arrotbrrr sun, and yesterday afternoon received snotlu-r rlcs- patch announcing the suicidc. fix-Mayor Hunter was prmtrated by ilrn hour, and last night was unable to am: Vlsltlrr‘l. ' The only cause suggurnd far the suicide is that Mr. Iluntcr may have been hprcu- lating in \Vall-strcet. but nothing «lclinrtc is known about it. Tho body will be brought to Brooklyn for interment. â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"‘.â€"..-â€".’w-~w w Caster alone among British colonils has started an aristocracy with one lord. Baron de Longueuil of Longueuil, iu the prnf‘irrcc of Quebec, holds a patent signed by Louis XIV. ‘When Canada was ceded to England, in, l763. the honors conferred by previous sovereigns of the country were not abrogat- ed ; but it uecdul the visit of a Princess to Canada, and her return to England, t . get the Canadian lord rcnognizol. It is strange: that lord Beanonrfield did not do it. Mr. Gladstone and Lord Kimberley have done it. The Canadian Baroness has neither ter- ritory in Canada nor precedence in linglez‘l. But when Canada sets up a House of ..ords, she will know that her first noble is to to found in Park lane, Inndan. . . r . -. sick, and requesting that some rncmln:r of r “L” “c at | rhmild router it in all its :lctails,unu perform ltn main: his way. INTERESTING 1133118. .A crir‘ncrr in Palermo was last month rob- bal by brigands of all its objects of art and sacred use a: the alter. A arscirrsx has been invented which can make lOOClll cigarettes a day. The con~ summit-n --f clJareltcs in 1330 amounted . to 408 000.000: and it is estimated that 1.. 000,0(1l,000 Will be required to supply the demand for lfil. liasxnstv, one of the most stirring Methodist «shorter: in Massachusetts. has gone to the pcnitrnrary for stealing a bag of corn. llc conducted his own defence in court, and made a fervid appeal to the jurors bu: they did not melt. Tris story is told of a San Francisco run of sudden wealth, who (lustful a gillcry of I fauir._v portraits, and supplied tlin want 'by ‘ liming a lot of old portraits while travelling abioad. He had tliu noses of all rubbed out, and his fsrrirly nose, which is peculiar. care- fully painted in. thus making the pictures ; probable. Two peasants of San Roma, in tho viciui. ty of the fashionable garribliug bcll at Mon- to Carlo. ssld their entire earthly possessions rcccrrtly and staked the proceeds on tho green cloth. The dealer luring raked in their last cent, they “cut out and throw them- selves under ilic wheels of an express tram, and were krllcd. CHARMS Y- ring of Chicago had I pretty \viin agul only 15, who was accustorrivd to indulge in flirtatious with a former suitor. | When in a repentarit mood, slro advised her husband to arm himself, as his life was in danger. [in procured a pistol, but instead of ruin; it on rris rival, shut Mrs. \oung. 'l‘rri: explorations recently made of deep sea bottoms show a novel constituunt cfsucb bottoms to lie purrrico dust, arising it is presumed, frurrr submarine volcanic action ; so general is it, in fact, that it rarely fails to appear \vlriri carefully looked for in any of tho drcdgings, and it is believed to be the chief origin of the deep sea clays. An additional ('li‘llltlll, which appears to lrsvc been detected at great depths, in " cosmic dust,” or dust formed from :r-mlitcs. Ano- tbt-r iirtrrcstirrg point in tlrcsc explorations is the finding of rriarignricsc pcroxrdo in no- drilcs circlusiri; organic rcriiniiisâ€"sliarks' teeth and pieces of bone. ’l‘rri: tcrribln Oriental plague known as tho “ Bl.er Darth," that iii former ccuturios CllllSt‘ll such devastation in Europa, and that in 1874 made its reappearance iii Tripolis rif- tcr men had lung ccrrscd to fear its visita- limit” is still alive, and has rcccntly appear- (d in Armenia rind on the borders of tlio Caspian Suzi. In 1876 it showed itself in Mesopotamia. In 1375 it crossed tlro bound- ary line of Russia. and cases that were do- tcctcd in Nialirri-Nuvgorod, Moscow, and other places, sprcnil uriursirrcss tlirouuhout all Europe. Germany and Austria closed their bouridnrics, and cut oil all communi- cation, raiquy as woll as Ollicl‘, wrtlr tlro empire of tho Czurs. 'l‘lrc droad discriso did not spread in Russia, and finally disrippcarv cd from the European domain, some say from the energetic sanitary and quarantiuo rcgulutiuus of Luis Mnlrkoif, others b cause the atmospheric conditions buppencd to be unfavorable to its extension. But tho Black Dcritlr has continued its work over since, and has just given a sign of renewed nativiiy by annihilating a whole party of pilgrims from Mecca, and crossing the Euphrates to show itself once more in Mcsopolnrriiu. ‘ Tm: Judge of n Gnllclun villngo near Cra- cow, having learned that an old peasant woman resident in his district had won a prize of three hundred fl‘rrins in tlic Cracow lnttcry, lictlrorrght him of a slrntngorri by which they might be tram-slurred to his own possession. Accordingly. dressed as the devil, he presented lrirris lf, as the clock struck midnight, at the old woman's lorroly dering, amused her from her slumber-s, and, in n hollow voice, cunrrrinudcd her to hand over her wiurrrrius. ’l‘lrc terrified wo- rrrau at; orrcc produced severity-five llorins, protesting that she had that. (lay lodged the balance iu the (.lrn'mw Savings Bank ; whore- upon the devil lllfill‘fllOIl her With dreadful threats of internal torrncrrts should she fail to fulfil his bullcnts, that ho ivuuld return the folrowing night at tho sumo hour to rc- ccivc the r. rrrnindcr. Next morning the poor old lady applied to tho savings bank for llt'l‘ deposit. The rrrnnngcr, surprised that or a should wish to draw it out so soon after liming lodged it, iiiquind into her rm- bl'llu‘ for ii D doing, and elicited a full confes- sion of lrcr zichrrtrrre of tlic prcvruus Light. \Vlrcrr biw Satanic Mujusty called at l2 1‘. M. for the balance of his pcrquisiio ho was received by two gcridaririrn, who handcuff- cdlrim, marclicd lrirrr oil to Crncow, and their: dclivurml him to tho srculur rirrri, which will probably disable him from play- ing the dcvrl for some timn to come. â€"-â€"â€"--4 ‘u’ >â€"â€"~.â€"â€"~~ â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" The Tremendous Internal Improve- ments in France. Marry newspaper readers are doubtless puzzled as to the cause ofter rrctvFrurrcli luau. Fri-null prosperity is n ily-word, and the last budget showed a surplus, as usual. No old loan is ready for refunding, arid dciinitc rumors of war should certainly pro- ccdr: a war lUfllI. \Vlrnt, their, is this need for $200,000,000 just now? The apparent, and it Will lm nilrrrittud, riliurrdurrtly nulli- cicrit, cause ill the gigantic sclrcuioofiritcrrrnl irnpruvmrrcrits “lllcll was prujuctcrl by .\l. lr‘rcycirrL-t, and voted by the Asm-rribly in leEI. lust ycar over 300,000,000f. were spent on this lH'ml ; this your it was planned to spend 400,000,000l. Next your the sclri-rnc will be rrrrdvr irrll licadwny, and will absorb smnn (illi),0()0,fi00f, annually tlrr-rr-aftrer until 1800, when it. is I'Hllllllltctl li.000,000,000l. “ill have bur-ii spent on railroads, canals, liarbor iniprovvrrrrcrrti, etc. It acorns as though cvr-rr l-‘raricc could scarcely carry such it load. Already its debt is uuirro tlircu firm a that of tlm not. very trifling total fur the United States, while tho burdurr per in- lruliitrrrrt is still lurgcr, and yet the snow- ball is still rolled along. \Vlicri tlio hrrhlrlo docs break, France will have tho consola- tion of lmving Hnnctlrirrg in show for her money, A considerable length of railroad cari lru built for the cost of the iron clad, which this cable reports in being planned by Italy, and while our: perpetually swallows money tlm other pcrpctrrally produces if, and builds up tin: country to boot. ~77» «a» <.- 4’ - Why They Often Fail Your); man often fail to got on in tho world lJCflitllSH they irr-gluct small oppor- tllnlllcl'. Notlrcing faithful inlittlo thing, they arr: ll'il. ‘IrlaJlleCil to the Charge or grr-atcr things. A young man wlo gr-ts n sriboulziratc situation mrncurnci thinks it 1.01 HI.ch:er for him to gin: it much aucti- tron. licuiil wait till he getia p'am: of n rapt-rrszblrty, and thou in: w:.l show jtoplc wlxr‘. lr - can do. Till! is a very great mis- \\'lrato:vrr lri‘i’llilstiun rrraylr, he ail its drr ins faithfully. 'l'lio baht 0' doing llas wir‘r; thoroughly and c "laticllllullhl't' is what Hi rrr'rst lrlu ly to enable a yormg man With this habit, a person of only ordinary abilizr'ri Would (“lamp out: of greater talents who is in tlrl‘ habit : f s Jg'ntrrrg eulurdinstt: matters. fut, after all, when adopted by a young man tlrsgrcst essential ruin of scum-us shows him to be {mucus-:1 of supermr abilities. - ~â€"<‘»‘¢-I- A Human-a of Somali-ts has been convokcd lily the Central (Jornrxrittd-u, located in Bel- ' mum, to mutt in Zurich, in Switzerland, Sept 2. It is expected to remain in session a week, and to rcccrvc dclcr aliens from the Uniwl States, Germany, .ugland, France, Holland, Denmark, Hungary, l'nrtugal, Spain, ltaly, Austria, llussrs, and Turkey. A vm'xo man of lienkuk, Iowa, impor- tunul his iisrrcce to name the day for their marriage. [Spun her saying she would marry him the following month, he threw his arms around her and embraced her. He was not conscious of using unusual strength, but the girl suddenly fell back dead in his arms. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause.