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{ta-r ‘ and tho .rozxnnar. u, _ M. w. sinfitgmh Vice-Consul at Guayaquil, s. ‘k,;..“'.:a exploring the up‘ I tribyitary 1:: we Inn: as known as the . ver hope, finds it a handsome stream, n:- vigab’e for a thousand miles ab-rve its mouth The district through wh'ch it flows, as far as explored is larger than France, and has a fertile soiL The climate is mild, and the country is well adapted for the production of sugar, cofl’ee, woos, and India rubber. Purses Higascbi-I’uschinioâ€"Noâ€"Mya, the. heir presump'rve to the ruling sovereign of Japan, is travelling @liv around the world. At} l i i i VOL. VrII. meant he is stopping at Rina, Italy, where V . hwnable roeety, compming representa- tives of all nations, is in somewhat of a flatter about him. He is about thirty, speaks French excellently, is unmarrred. at- tends bails, receptions, dinners, and all manner of social festivmes, and seems p0:- seaeed of unusual intelligence and polish. Sauna girdled by a railway will no longer be the wild, gavstorious desert of yore. Three Franc' .ngineering expedi- tions, thOsc of Pc .rme, Cnoissy, and Pattern, have been busy in tracin a path for a rest Afrian r‘iIIOId from Algiers to the Inger, and thence tuSenegal. Choissy examined the routes from Bskrato Wargll and from El Aghuet to E. Golesh, south of which latter place he found practicable passes tbrough ihe big and dunes that bar the way from lnxalah to Tuat. Col. Frat- ters, too, found there openings south of El Goleab, and discovered that in the desert there was not too arid to sup it a very large supply of snakes and lizird: snd,what was more cheerful, antelopes in abundance. He also found the iamsrrsk tree luxuriant in Sahara, and claims to have discovered a tlake lull of fish, surrounded by vegeta- ion. Lsaoccnxnz, in the London Truth says: " I am sorry to hear that all the well-mean- ing ifforts have, up to now, failed to induce Baroneas~Burdctt-Coutts to reconsider her decision, and to adopt, if she so desires, in- stead of to marry, the American youth who is leading her into so deplorable a step. She will forfeit the life interest which she has in Coutts' Bank, her house in London, sud that in the suburbs. Her relaiives have wrsely considered that they ought not to assent to any terms of composition which might tend to facilitate this unnatural crime for so it can only be termed. America. will thus deprive the poor of the vast benefac. tions which the Baroness has annually con- tributed to their wants out of the income derived from the bank." AN unpleasant incident has occurred in connection with the approaching marriage of the Crown PrinCc Rudolf. A report was received in Vienna a day or two since that the Prince's wedding orders had all been sent to Paris. The new furniture and fl;- tings of the Hradchin,thc palace at Prague, which is to be the principal residence of the Crown Prince after his marria» e, are,aiiiong other things, alleged to have an ordered from the French capital. Among the Vien- na manufacturers this intelligence has cre- ated the greatest excitement. The Burgo- master has already inierviewr-d the Lord Chanibrrlain on the subject. The reply is not yet known, but in case it proves un- satisfactory, the Munic=pal Council, it is said, wrll counteimand all the orders given in preparation for the civic festivities which it had been determined to institute in honor of the nuptials. MAJOR Penniman, a lawyer, and 0. F. Rubnsun, Asalnlnllt District Attorney, had an altercation in Detroit court during the trial of a hon-e thief. Penniman accused Robinson of lying, and, tearing up a. legal document, threw it into a cuspadcr saying: “ That is what I think of you." Robinson replied that tho public could judgo which was the bar, and intimated that be consid- ered the Major a coward. invith his adversary to step outside, an invitation that was readily excepted. As soon as the two had crossed the threshold that separated them from the court room, and while Robinson was trying to closo the door, the Major suddenly turned and struck him twice in the face with his fist. Robinson had no opportunity to retort, police officers interfering, and conducting both before the Judge, b’ whom Robinson was fiirsd $l0 hisjor 25. A loadinr lawyer of the city at once paid Robinson s fine, and was immediately reimbursed by contribu- tions of other members of the bar; but no- body voluntecrcd to pgy any part of tho Major’s lino, and that lligsrent counsellor bad to beg for a Week’s time to pay his money. Tm: Queen of Italy has just saved a life. Sho was taking her artsrnoon drive beyond , tho Porto Angelica, aocompanied by tho ‘ Duchessa Swiss Cesarini and tho Marchcse Niccolini, and bad alighted for a little walking exorcise, when a riding party, con- sisting of a lady and two officers, came up. Tho thrso cqucstrians, on seeing flcr Ma- jesty, made a sudden wheel to the side of the road, to let the earrings pass, but in the! act the lady’s horse stumbled and fell,drag- ' ging its fair rider along with it. The Queen. stopping forward, seized the struggling an- imal by the bridle, and hold it until the lady had. oxtricstcd herself, and was out of anger. lly this time the two Officers had leaped from their Ilol“LS, and tho Duchcssa Storza~charini and the Marchcse Niccvliui from the royal carriage, but only to hear the Queen deprecating the lady's gratitude and regretting her having been the involuntary 5 cause of the accident. By evening the in~ cidcut was the Common theme in every cafe throughout the Curse, and when at Sr) o’clock, her Majesty entered the royal box at the Teatro Argentina, the house rose en mac, and, while the orchestra playcd the Royal March, clicored as Italians never cheer, but in honor or their Queen, who al- ways receive: such loyal demonstration with the most winning grace. Tut: city of Memphis. or the Taxing DIS‘ trict, an it is now legally known, has fully emerged from the filth which has creatcl such fwlully fatal pestilenccs. The first step in its rejuvcncsccucc was the establish- mutt of a thorough system of sewerage un- der the direction of Col. \Varing. The The Major . /\. W-.. FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1881. i WOMAN GOSSIP. Dress Decrees Issued by the Goddess lors are beginning to raise the windows a of Fashion to Her Hosts of Willing Followers. A Survey of the Latest Styles ’ln Costumes and Materialâ€"Mon- astic Designs. Baby. " Baby and I are alone, Ju t baby and I l His eyes look up and mine look down, And the love that flashes in sympathy Is the gem in the crown." Fashion Notes Tm: combination of pink and garnet is still very fashionable. Hicu square necked bodicss with elbow sleeves are worn with most evening toil- eta. _ WHITE or tinted ostrizh feather trimming is a very fashionable garnitare for handsome dresses of satin brnc udc. Nscxsncmsrs of tinted mull with doli- catr flower borders, or d edged with Grecqae lace. are very lovely and becoming. FULL ruches of b'ack S anish Lice form high frills about the ace 3 of many handsome toilets of black brocaded vcl- vet. POINT colbort, which resembles Venetian rose pornt lace, is very effective trimming for reception dresses of ruby velvet. Iamss‘ss bows of satin are fastened at the lr-ft side of the belt. These have in a measure taken the place of the belt bou- quet. HOUSE jackets are wry pretty and ser- viceable, made of black silk, with rovers, cuffs, pocke‘s, sud wide collar of black vel- vet, either plain or embroidered. BROAD collars and ends of Cirrrirkmacross point are very stylish and pretty. One thing greatly in favor of the lace is that it will “do up ” beautifully. Tm; newest French linen table spreads have arich silk embroidery upon the bor- ders,done in Italian stitch. The designs are varied and often grotesque. THE hand-painted French fans of satin and silk are masterpieces of art, and are the most elegant and fashionable of all the styles late- ly imported. Suocx polonaises are made of brown plush, sliirreri in at the waist and about the shoulders and wrists and trimmed iiith zib- liinctfe, a handsome but very perishable feathery trimming. Haunsous Roman aprons are made of black satin with insertions and frills of Oriental striped silk. Bright cashmere girdles with heavy tassels or spikes attached are worn with these aprons. Pits'i'rx ball toilets for young girls are made with short round skirts, not com- ing down any lower than the ankle, and shown by the pretty XV. shoes as embroid- ered satin with high heels and narrow bands across the instep. Tm: shoulder-knots and corsnge flowers of the moment are made of artificial wild rusrs, a spray of Cape jasmine and clustering I branches of cglantino leaves and blossoms. For trimming whole toilets, crushed roses in pink and tea shades are much employed. i STYLISH young Iadieswoar with the Jersey suits along silk scarf of bright colored India I silk plaid, which they wrap about their l Shoulders, cross in front and tie in the back, a little at the left, Highland fashion, This scarf is most appropriate asu juunty finish to i a skating costume. I Snonr ball dresses are decidrdly gaining i in public favor, and young ladies who attend : a large party or ball, with a. view to enjoy dancing, and not merely for the display of nl long train to be stepped upon and mangledl in the swift mazes of the " racket," are dc- l lighted with the innovation. l SILK opeuwork Jersey bodicss are import~ l ed. They are sleeveless and call for twonty- . live button kid gloves. \Vith these bodiccs l are to ho \voi-d a plain silk iiuderivaist of some contrasting color. Thesedrrssy waists are more favoured by the Parisian ladies that were the original Jerseys made of st: ck- inet. Mother Hubbard bnniiets have square takingMiss Sedgwick on his arm, the four crowns, towering leathers and flaring brims, which are drawn down at the sides over the cars, and tied under the chin with broad satin strings. Arrayed in one of these bon- nuts and enveloped in a Mother Hubbard cloak made or Roman plaids, a young lady of the period might pass for a weary wrin- (ILI’Illg relic of the sixteenth century Man'rssslacs is once more coming into fashion. Those who possess a store of this once favorite lice will doubtless congratu- late themselves upon the announcement. Most icoplc, however, prefer the new popu- lar niallics, of Alcncon, Laiiguodoc, Spanish, Chantilly, and Vermicclli laces infinitely better. But tastes differ and change is in- cvitablc, and fashion never was so famous for fidelity, and is ever declining to let "well enough " alone. Tut: Beiuhanrais hat is affected by most lauiss who like extremes in fashion. The brim of this list is simply immense, and is covered on the outside by a heavy wreath of merit of the lyntom i0 l “We? 0‘ Vitrified ostrich iluviies, the ends of which reach to pipe six inches in diameter. with eight joints I mu shou der. laid in the street, or in the alley between 1 two streets when: alleys exist, listing at its Tire insides of the cavern is filled in with short drooping ostrich tips, tigrrs' cluvs, owls' heads, birda‘ wings and "upper and stir ld flush tank with a discharg- be“, “,1 3 3.33m] conglomengion of b”. iug capacity of “‘2 gallons. All the hours baricdoiiking trophies, brought from every on both sidu the sewer are connected with i: by fourriuch Dlpvl of the same material. The six-inch sewer, after receiving not to exceed 800 house drains, discharges into a main or sulnmain tower of eight inches di- master or more, and tho submains discharge into the larger ones. fifteen. and twenty-inch diameter. must flow of the twenty-inch main. about 000 houses been connected with it, radius: point of the globe, from the Arabian desert to the Jersey llits. Waits. As urth a Woman. so with a horse. His The I,“ 0, mo ,ub. . bick hair is his main trouble. mum and mains are of eight, ten, twelve, ; The 1 .\laidc.r lady's apharismâ€"" Where single- ueaa is bliss it is folly to be wives." Th»: ladies wear gold tuning-forks for hair- iias in these degenerate days. “There's nine inch“ dnlb T” diuhusu "“ "“d" music in the hair, ' to to speak. into Bayou Gsyosor This vs“ a) st. in cut i In addition to this work over! in fact, the princess Ilch “Wm- five miles ol streets have [men paved u . out of “60,280.01 The eiziscns hue no; 1 paid" their beat ‘ taxes promptly, but i r ‘ ‘ 0‘ y y $200,000 in clinic l young man, "is like eating soup vriih a fork; have expended D A cilcbrsted silvehworkiag company all- vrrtisi s the “Prison-as Louise spoons," when, “ Kissing your sweetheart."uys a triflinx out, distafevling, and filling up vaults as ‘ it takes a long time to get enough." “"33”; on oil er needed unitary work. .__.. .â€"~â€"-â€" â€"~ verb u ‘s: " Marl; the upri £3 .2120 crooko’d man can mark himself. 0 Alt dear," and a sentimental maiden to f low. 'I of what do that autumnal tints, 5:. growing baldrie of is. in... on. not; W sun of the dying year. remind you r- "Pancakes." barrow 9 ms,»- And their sin or the first muattwoboaru didaotbeatasouo. Ln-ru six-le watching his firsti W in addition. and when the teacher ‘ If I were to gm you two cats would you have!“ he w “W " Why, pretty soon I ’M't have any. fwmanmawould break mirubwuhihchrooa. Shadows like i “I A young man in love is not necessarily a mathematzciaz-, but is nearly always a sigh for her. If you can't cipher this out we sigh girl for you. . Beamualield ascribes his success to women. Adam laid all his troubles to the same source. Adam, we are ashamed of you. Boaeoostishl, vou are a gentleman. ; " I'd sooner be cursed than kissed," says lTeunyouu in his latest volume, which leads in to thiukthattbercare a great many l homely women in his ao-ghborhood. f Mr. Garfield, his wife, and the you Iflatlywlsnoisticxuist in dcingtbe honors ltko white house, have all been school teach- lcn. Ther government will be kept (but. i Wbt-nyoubear a young lady very care- jfuiiy say: “I haven‘t mt.“ you an be quitsoaafideattkatsbsisamnt into i r Icould be heard b those standing even a few of one of the most rhorcugh of our numerous female serninaries. Leap year is over, and the rich old bache- l little and get a breath of fresh air once more. ‘In a few days they will again venture to leave their rooms. An English magazine discourses on “Cheap Girls." It says: “ No young man, so». even the worst, wants anything to do wiihacheap young lady.” This is a mis- take. No llllltcl’ how cheap it girl may be, her young man always thinks she is a “ lit~ I tle dear.’ Public opinion on the subject of faithless husbands is very strong in, Somerset, Ky. Mr. Love was that kind of an offender. His Wife led a mob against him. He fled hastily, without coat, trousers, 0r boots, with the crowd in close pursuit. At the end of a mile he was overtaken, and left suspended, head downward, from a tree. He was al- most frozen to death when, two hours after- ward, a humane preacher cut him down. A Wedding with Millions in it. (From the San Francisco Chronicle.) The bridal robe was one fit for a queen, and never before was such a costume seen in this country. The gown was of a new style of silk known as gros dc tour, the lint of the skirt being one solid. mass of em roidery wrought upon white satin with beads, cry- stals, and pearls of the very finest descrip- tion, the pattern for which was copied from a painting of an old court robe now hanging in the gallery of the Louvrein Paris. DOWn the sides of this embroidered froutpiece were panels of point d’Angleterre lace, fifteen inches wide, with revers of the pearl embro- idery that joined on to the undertrain, over which fell a second train of the same magni- ficent silk, and which is known as the Mauteau dc Cour, or, to put it in English, the same style of court train that is worn at the presantation to the English Queen of to-day. It wasput in deep plaits on a band, and joined to the waist under the body, which was cut in points both front and back, with bands of thc same embroidery around the s uarc-cut neck, down the front, and aroun the side, and laced in the back. The demi-sleeves were finished with a fall of the saw is rich lace ahout two and a half inches Wide, and above it a hand of the embroidery; but the crowning feature of the robe was the rich niece of lace (also point d’Augle- terre, and the same widths of the panels), which commenced at the point of the body in front, was carried gracefully over the hips and met in the back, falling over the entire train, and reaching to the bottom of it in two broad ways, being caught to the ground with bunches of white flowers of an inde- scribable style. A drapery of point il’Aii- gleirec lace fell over the shoulders, meeting in the front, and was held together by a bunch of anbepine flowers. A perfectly plain, long tulle vail reaching to the floor was fastened to the hair with a little knot of anpepiiies. The ornaments Were most mag- ndicmt diamonds, that once belonged to her mother. The bridegroom lia-i riiislaid the ring. The bride and groom stood beneath the floral bell, facing theministcr. and Sena- tor Sharon stood a little back of the bride, and Mrs. Davis near the groom, by Fred Sharon's side. Sir Thomas looked a triflo nervous and pale, while the bride’s beauty was enhauéed by a deep colour. The pre- scnne of Dr. Beers as officiating clergyman was ii surprise to many of the guests, who were not aware of the fact- that Miss Sharon had renounced Catholicism, and several weeks ago decided to be married by an Episcopal clergyman, and join the Church of England upon her arrival at. her new borne. The room was hush-ed into perfect silence, when Dr. Beers opened his prayer book and prOnouncoii the first word of tire beautiful service. Frorri the beginning to thr» clean out a wor.l of the grooms responses feet away, but It ins Sharon responded in a low, yet clear and distinct tune. Previous to the placing of the wedding ring the bridesmaid removed the br de's glove, and the groom found the ring only after a con- siderable search in his vest pocket, which disclosed his possession of a match box and. several other useful end ornamental knick- knacks, unhappily stowed away in the same pocket. At the conclusion of the ceremony the married pair, after receiving Dr. Beers’s congratulation, faced the guests and received the pleasant wishes of all those present. After that Sir Thomas relinquished his bride to the tacort 0: her brother, and hinsolf promenaded up and down the main floor corridor and through the reception rooms, dancing being started by the guests in the music hall. An Amazon In Ireland. Miss Gardiner, whose valiant ex loits in defending herselfagainsta. large an threat- ing crowd in the streets of l‘allina, in the county Mayo, Ireland, has been called and is well entitled to the historic snbriquet of ” Awful Gardiner." Long before Boycott- ing was introduced, she was an object of terror and hatred in the country for the fierce scverit with which she enforced what she deeme her rights, and the fearless pluck with which she encountered the consequen- cos. Hé‘l’ property, which was but a small one, is situated near Killala, a. small town in the north of Mayo, and not far from the confines of Sligo, which is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishopric, now filled by the Hunt Reverend Hugh Conway, and which, with the property round, is principally owned by the Knoxes and Knox-Gem, of the old school of tyrant tory landlords. She is entirely of this kidney herself. Her rents are high, and she has been so savage in their exaction, going round herself aid ringing the last furth:ng from the rags of the poor, that she has been fired at twice at periods when landlord game was not in season. She is now of an uncertain age, medium-sized and of very masculine appearance, Wearing hunting-boots, ands short dress; is a crack shot, and in a country celebrated, like Ar- go: of old, for its noble deeds and daring homewomen, ranks second only to two others, Mia Dennis and Caroline Peruse, u a horsewnman. She hunts often With the same pack as she did in her 'rlhood, Mrs. Braasy, a daughter of Lord lamorris, who is rvgsriled as at present the crack horse- wonieu in England, and whom many Amer. icans may have met at Melton. Miss Harriet, as she is called, always carried, before revolvers came in fashion, a huge cutting-whip, with which she has repeated- ly lflfllcbtd punishment on those who pro- \‘oked her anger. She will not blanch, u Boycott did. before any danger. She is game to the bone, and revels in a tight. - Gave '01:: Away. A certain fashionable lady in San Fran- eirc‘, whose lovely daughters are regarded as the most eYegant belles of the city, hav- ing become disgusted with the , lies, and neglectof the “coloured gunman" whohdeiyae-‘lhio wait upon tam, ujddhnly disc urged t personage an emp oy a Celwtial, who had been strongl reocm~ mended to her for his strict attention to his duties and his installation, his mistress determined to gives: informs) "he "and on the after cannot thedayoaw ' thoeartymto take plaestcld Iaagtony “Itotathome” perfect truthfulness. Soon after is expected tospeo l ito anyone who called. As chance would have it, one of the young ladies’ most fasti- dious beans, and one on whom they all wished to make a favourable impression, came to ask rmisaion to bring a friend With him in t e evening, and, on inquiring for the ladies, was told by the truthful _Young: “They tell me say all gone out, nut old woman she in kitchen washes dishes, the young misses they up-stairs paintee faces." it is needless to say the young man did not put in his appearance that evening, and truthful Lung is seeking another situation. Turkish Carpets. _ Oosbak, a large village of artisans, about six days’ journey due east from Smyrna, is the headquarters of a manufacture of the carpets known for generations as “ Turkey carpets." The patterns are Turkish, or rather, Arabesque. A carpet between seven and eight yards long will employ eight wo- men at once, working side by side. Their wages are about eight piastres a Week, which, it is calculated, comes to about forty- three cents for each yard of carpet woven. The wool used comes from the villages round about, and is bought for about a halfpenny a pound in its uncleaaed state. When washed and bleached it loses at least one-third of its wei ht. The foundation of the carpet is ma e of an inferior wool, and the whole ma- terial of the fabric may cost about sixty- seven cents a yard. This does not include the dyeing, which is managed by the men, and forms the chief item of cost. The colors are produced for the most part with madder, cochineal and. indigo. Flirting on Ocean Steamers- The officers of the ocean steamers, it is said, can, from their post of observation on “ the bridge," tell more of what is going on among the passengers â€" fliritations and elopmeutsâ€"and better judge of their char- acteristics, whether they are fugitives from justice, commercial travellers, clergyman, or grass-widows, than the passengers learn below. One of these observing captains declares that he knows whether a young wo- man has left her lover at one port or expects to meet him at another. The explanation, like the explanation of many other amazing things, is simple enough. If her lover is behind her, she cares nothing for wind, rain, or fog, but gets tanned, freckled, and rough- ened in ahighly healthful and independent fashion. But, if her lover is waiting for her, she takes infinite trouble with veils and other complexion preservatives. o...4_._.â€" Man. [Extracted from an Old Volums.] The average weight of an adult man is 140 pounds six ounces. The average weight of a skeleton is about 14 pounds. ‘ Number of boues,240. The skeleton measures one inch less than the height of the living man. The average weight of the brain ofa man is three and a half pounds; of a woman two pounds eleven ounces. The brain of a man exceeds twice that of any other animal. The average height of an Englishman is five feet, nine inches; of a Frenchman, five feet, four inches :. and of a Belgian, five feet, six and three-quarter inches. The average weight of an Englishman is 150 pounds; of a Frenchman 136 pounds; a. Belgian, 140 pound-3. The average number of our teeth is thirty two. A man breathes about twenty times a minute, or 1,200 times an hour. A man breathes about eighteen pints of air in a minute, or upwards of seven hogs- heads in a'day. A man gives 05 4.08 percent. 0 irbonic acid gasof the air helrespires ; respires 10,666 cubic feet of carbonic acid gas in twenty-four hours, equal to 125 cubic inches bf common air. A man aunuall y contributes to vegetation 124 pounds of carbon. The average of the pulse in infancy is 120 per minute; in manhood, 80; at 60 years 60, The pulse of females is more frequent than that of males. The weight of the circulating blood is about twenty-eight pounds. The heart beats seventy-five times a min- ute; sends nearly ten pounds of blood through the veins and arteries each beat, and makes four beats while we breathe once. Five hundred and forty pounds, or one bogshead one and one-quarter pints of blood pass through the heart in one hour. Twelve thousand pounds, or twenty-four hogsheads four gallons, or 10,782; pints pass through the heart in twenty-four hours. One thousand ounces of blood pass through the blood in one hour. One hundred and seventy four million holes, or cells, are in the lungs, which would cover a surface thirty times greater than the human body. â€"â€"â€"o-¢â€"â€"o.wâ€"o Marry or Pay- AN INDIANAPOLIS STORY. A very singular and also ludicrous story, which is none the less true, however, is told of a clerk in one of the leading business houses of this city, who became so involved that he needed $500 to extricate himself from the difficulty. By some means be dis- covored that a table girl of one of the hotels had by hard work saved up a considerable sum of money, and to her he applied for a loan, This was readily granted, and aunts, with interest and a day of payment only some months in the future, was executed in acknowledgement of the same. The time came, and with it the same chronic inability of the maker to pay it. He pleaded for an extension of time, but this the waiter maid- eii refused utterly to grant, and informed him that he must either pay the sum at once or many her. The woman was about 40 years old, and much more than correspond- ingly ugly, to that the debtor demurred Tm the imposition of such hard terms. T a woman, hovrsvsr, was firm. With her it was either the money or a husband, and on the whole she seemed quite anxious to choose the latter.f JVIXBU the brim discove‘is ed the vit o e situation a paroeiv no way S‘s-wipe it, and finally capitulated. So the marriage was performed one evening in the early part of this week. The man he- longs to a good family, and is said to be ready humiliated by the condition in which he so unwillingly finds himself in being al- lied by force to a woman so inferior to him- self in social position and intelligence. The woman, however, was so well pleased that she rented and furnished a house, and was ready for business before the Wedding day. The names of the parties are withheld for obvious reasons. Tan King of Italy, travelling in the strictest Wile as the Count of Pavia, d a few days in Paris, and be will make a short visit to England, where he will be the goat of the Princeaad the Prince-of Wales at Ssadringham, and will visit the Queen at Osbrane. Estrangs Ikperiencs with a. Madman. l . â€" The following extraordinary story is vouched for as true : A few days ago, while a lady of Providence, B. 1., of artistic tastes and habits was walking leisurely along Fifth avenue, New York, she noticed a sign of an artist‘s studio, whereupon she entered an open door, ascended one flight of stairs, rapped at the artist's door, heard the words “Come in," and entered a spacious room elegantly furnished. Its high windows were richl draped with heavy curtains, and, stan ing on the floor, was an easel after the fashion of most artists. In the room sat a man alone, with overcoat and hat on, im- mOVsblc, and with eyes glaring fiercly on his Visitor, as if enraged at her intrusion, but not uttering as word. A few moments pass- ed, she mads a casual remark in regard to some picture, when he SUDDENLY J17me FROM HIS SEAT, rushed upon her, seized her by the throat, his eyes glaring wildly, and his features in- dicating the fiercest excitement, and exclaim- ed inadly : “ Now I have you l I have been looking for you for the last ten years, and now I have got you at last_ and I'll kill you l" At first the shock to her was terrible and overwhelming, and she became quite unconscious, but recovering herself a little she struggled, screamed, and untreated, but to no purpose. He clung to her throat with one hand, and with the other tried to fill her mouth with her clothing. Finally, hav- ing loosed his hold, herusbsd to the door, locked it, sumo A LARGE KNI'E, and began to sharpen it upon his shoe, tell- ing her that her time had come, and she must prepare to meet her God ; that ho was going to cut her into inch pieces. She fell upon her knees, prayed, untreated, told him other husband and child,_ and wept in the wildest agony, lully believing that her time had come, and that she must dieâ€"but With no avail. He continued to make his pro- parations in the most violent excitement. He told her that he should put her body in the large stove in his room, to burn it up. Finally, overcome by excitement, she sank upon the floor. At this the rage of the mad. man'seemed to subside a little. Still, he continued his threats and preparations. After having recovered a little from her f x- haustion, haying now been in the clutches of the lunatic for OVER. TWO HOURS, during which time she suffered untold agony. She now untreated him to give her- some food, or something to revive her. It was now about 6 o’clock in the evening. He then went to the door, saying that he was going to get something for himself, unlocked it, opened it, went out, and locked the door behind him. Alone in the room, she scream- ed_ to the top of her voice. hoping she might bring some one to her rescue, but to no avail. He soon returned, still threatening her with instant death if she was not silent. The fiend seemed to have no other purpose but to torment her or to take her life. Finally he told her that, if she would take his arm and go qiietly down stairs, she could go. Hope now dawned upon her. She told him that she would do anything. He accordingly made her walk down with him into the street. She felt INEXPRESSIBLE RELIEF, having got out'of rison. Here she strove to extricate herself, us he threatened to dash her brains out against the walls of the build- ing unless she went quietly. She told him she wanted to take an “ uptown " car. He said, “ I‘ll go with you. I‘ll follow you to the ends of the earth." He entered the car With her, sat down by her side, and appear- ed perfectly saue. He paid her fare, and never uttered a word till she got out of tho car. He followed her, and, on arriving at her residence, said to her : “ You must be at my place to-morrow at 11 o’clock. I shall follow you. YOU CAN’T Lrvs wrrnorrr us.” She then opened the door and closed it upon him with unutterablc relief. Thus she was once more free from the clutches of a maniac, and had escaped impending death. The affair occurred near the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The man was thin and spare, above the medium height, of sandy complexion, bald, wore a mustache, was richly dressed, woro diamond bosom-studs, and nicely- litting buff gloves. These he put on care- fully whenever he went out. A Fight with a Python. (From the Straits Times.) A sportsman who penetrated into the jun- glo between Buddoh and Sirangoon came upon a lone but his district called Campong Britta, upon the roof of which the skin of an enormous boa or python was spread out. The but was occupied by a Malay and his wife, who told the sportsman the following extraordinary stary: One night about a week previous the Malay was [awakened by the cries of his wife. Supposing in the darkness that she had been attacked by thieves, be seized his sharp parang, and groped his way to her sleeping place, where his hand fell ugon a slimy reptile. It was fully a minute efore he could comprehend the entire situation, and when he did he discovered that the whole of his wife’s arm had been drawn down the monster's throat, whither the upper part of her body was slowly but surely following. Not daring to attack the manster at once for fear of caus- ing his wife's death, the husband seized two bags within reach and commenced siufiug them into the corners of the snake’s jaws, by means of which he succeeded in forcing them wider Open and releasing his wife’s arm. No sooner had the boa lost his prey than he attacked the husband, whom he began encircling in his fatal coils ; but, holding out both arms and watching his op. portunit , the man attacked the monster so vigorous y with his par-sag that it suddenly unwound itself and vanished ,through an o -iiing beneath the attap sides of the but. The Malay‘s clothes were covered with blood, as was also the floor of the hat, and his Wife’s arm was blue with the squeezing it received between the boa‘s jaws. At daylight the husband discovered nis patch of plantain treu nearly ruined, the has in his agony having broken 06’ the trees at the roots, and in the midst of the debris lay the monster itself dead, The Malay stated that he had realized $60 from Chinese, who came long distances to purchase locus of the flesh on account of its sup medical properties, and that he had refused 86 for the skin, which he preferred to retain as a rmphy. o A mum arrived at SanFraociaco on their bridal tour, and took a room at a hotel. The bridegroom than informed th‘: bride that he was out of money, and did not know how to get any. He said that the best thing for them to downs to commit suicide Sho agreed, and n ested the use of laud» anus, of which she ad a bottle. They die vided the drug into two as] , and swallowrd it The man d' , but the dose proved insufficient to kill the woman, and she has recovered. Award to thcwise is cufl'neut. Sinners an sapjxrsed to befoolish,aud they must bear long sums. A Headlight in View. m CONDUCI‘OR’S S’IORY 0.? A NIGHT TRAIN ON m UNION IACIYIO. â€". BY BILL NYK. . " Yes," said the conductor, biting 08' the tip of a cigar and slowly scratching a match on his leg, “ I'v.s seen a good deal of rail- road lile that‘s interesting and exciting in the twenty years that I've been twisting brakes and slamming doors for a living. _" I’ve seen all kinds of sorrow and all kinds of icyâ€"seen the happy bridal con is starting out on their weddin tour with Ste bright and hopeful future before them, and the black-robed moumer on her way to a new-made grave wherein she must bury the idol of her lonely old heart. "Wealth and pinching povsriy ride on the same train and the merry laugh of the joyous, healthy child 23 mingled with the despairing sigh of the aged. The great an~ tu'podes of life are familiar with the conduc- tor for every day the extremetioa of the world are meeting beneath his eye. “ I'vc mutilated the ticket of many a black leg and handled the passes of all our most eminent dead-heads. I don't know what walk of life is crowded with more thrilling incidents than mine." " Ever have any smash-ups l" “Smash-ups! Oh, yes, several of them. None, however, that could'at have been a good deal worse. “ There is one incident of my railroad life,” continued the conductor, running his tongue carefully over a broken place in the wrap or of his cigar, “that I never spoke of be ore to any one. It has caused me more misery and wretchsdncss that any one thingithat ever happened to me in my offi- cial career. “ Sometimes even now. after the la so of many years, I awake in the night wit the cold drops of agony standing on my face and the horrible nightmare upon me with its terrible surroundings, as plain as on the memorable night it occurred. ” I was running extra on the Union Pa- cific for a conductor who was an old fl'iend of mine, and who had gone South on a va- cation for his health. “ At about 7.30, as near as I can remem- ber, we were sailing along all comfortable one evening with a sin-sight stretch of track ahead for ten or fifteen miles, running on time and everybody feeling tip-top, as over- land travellers do who aro acquainted with each other, and feel congenial. All at once the train suddenly slowed down, ran in on an old siding and stopped. "Of course, I got out and ran ahead to the engine to see what the matter was. Old Antifat,the engineer, had got down and was on the main track looking ahead to where, twinkling along about six or seven miles down the road, apparently, was the head- light of an approaching train. It was eviv dently ‘ wild,’ for nothing was due that we knew of at that hour. “ However, we had been most miracu- lously saved from u frightful wreck by the engineer’s watchfulness, and everybody went forward and shook old Antifat by the hand and cried and thanked him till it was the most effecting scene for a while that I ever witnessed. It was as than it we had stopped upon the very verge of a ottomloss chasm, and everybody was laughing and crying at once, till it was a kind of a cross between a revival and a picnic. " After we had waited about half an hour, I should say, for the blasted train to come up and pass us, and apparently she was no nearer, scold, olnmmy suspicion began to bore itself into the adamantino shell of my intellect. The more I thought of it the more unhappy I felt. I almost wished that I was dead. Cold streaks ran up my back followed by hot ones. I wanted to go home. I wanted to be where the hungry, prying eyes of the great, throbbing work-day world could not see me. “ I called Antifat one side and said some- thing to him. He swore softly to himself and kicked the ground, and looked at the headlight still glimmering in the distance. Then he got on his engine and I yelled ‘ All abo'ard,’ in a few moments We were moving again, and the general impression was that the train ahead was side-tracked and wait- ing for as, although there wasn’t a side- track within twenty miles, except the one we had just left. “It was never exactly clear to the pass- engers where we passed the wild train, but I didn't explain it to them. I was too much engrossed with my surging thoughts. ” I never felt my own inferiority so much as I did that night. I never so fully real- ized what a mere speck man is upon the bosom of the universe. “When I surveyed the starry vault of Heaven and considered its illimitable space, where, beyond the stretching on and on for ever, countless suns are placed as centers, around which solar systems are revolving in their regular orbits, each little world poop]. cd perhaps with its teaming millions of struggling humanity, and thou other and mightier systems of worlds revolving about these systems till the mind is dazed and 'ddy with mighty thought ; and then who compared all this universal ms ificcncc, this brilliant aggregation of wcrl s and oys- tems of worlds, with one poor, grovelirng worm of the dust. only a little insignificant atom, only a poor, Weak, erring, worthless, fallible, blinvi,groping railroad conductor, with my train peacefully sidetracked in the gathering gloom and patiently waiting for the planet Venus to pass on the main track, there was something abouttho whole sombre picture that has overshadowed my whole life and made are unhappy and wretched, while others were ga . “Sometimes Anti at and myself meet at some liquid restaurant and silently talus something in memory of our great sorrow, but never mention it. We never tear open the old rankling wound or laugh over the night we politely gave the main track to Venus while we stood patiently on the sid- rug. No defence against draughts is so perfect, says the lander: or, as a common silk handkerchief tied over the bead ; and a silk Vest or one of washloather at on between the shirt and waistcoat wil keep the body more equany warm than a good fire. A wedded cost will enable the chilly man to sit and work anywhere indoors, and so will an extra suit of thin flannel worn during the whole of the active day. Just let any om.- who doubts whst we say try the ve simple experiment. When the chillinesa mes unbearab.e put on a dressing gown over the ' clothing, and in five minutes be will be perfectly comfortable and ready for work, while ha will not sufi’er as he fancies he will when he goes out of doors. The popular notion upon this subject is s more delusion. You are not strengthened for out- door work by shivering indoors, but rather weakened : habitual warmth, if not too great, being one of the best preservatives of constitutional strength. A chilly man might as well refuse blankets in bed because they would increase his sense of cold when he got up, as refuse warm clothin indoors because out of doors he would not sensi- ble a pleasant Monaco ; but to be and remain. moderately and hoalthfully warm- to be insenstble, in fact, to ordinary dilcr~ sacesof temperaturoia thotruo end to be attained. "um”. Ice-annual are ha over a solid n PP! , Max want but little here below, and he lgets it. I Eminent in Boston learned to say I“aeporks andbean!" ‘ It is a dificult thing for a dog without A t?iL_to show his master how much he thinks 0 in. Rio fact may be laughed at all the rest of the year, but their stockings hold most at Christmas. " Tina, tiara, idle tiers," as the actor said when he saw the row: of empty benches before him. A Nxvana critic. a king of a harpist, said: “ We never mm know there was so much music in a gridiron." A qumux saw a n smoking a new meal-sebum, “ Thunder 2" he exclaim- ed, " why the pipe's colouring him." Or a miserly man'somobody wrote : “ His head gave way, but his band never did. His brain softened. but his heart couldn't." Ix an untruth is onl a day old it is called a lie; if it is a year c d it is called a falso~ hood ; but if it is a century old it is called a legend. k A 1.1an boy in Georgia, who wrote to Santa Claus for a yiony, was wise enough to add: "Poscrit. f be is a mule, Ples ty his behine legs." “ Wua'r plan," said one actor to another, “ shall I adopt to fill the house at my bens~ fit 1" “ Invrte your creditors," was the surly reply. A srmsos'r captain, in advertising for an excursion, closes thus : Tickets twenty- fivc cents, children half price, to be bad at the captain's ofiica. "EMMY is the cradle, Baby’s gouo," is the title of the latest scrio-idiotic song. It will robablv be followed by “ Empty is the Bot o, Papa's Full." Minion was asked if hciutoudod to in- struct his daughter in the different lan- guages; to which he replied; “No. sir! one tongue is sufiicisnt for a woman l" WHAT a merry sound the scraps of the snow-shovel has upon the morning air. Especially if you are sung in bud, and somebody else is doing the shoveling. ONE Ella Wheeler has written a now poem called, “ What are the Little Stars Saying I" They are probably saying that the bad, cloudy weather of late giviis them no chance to shine. ' humanism-Commas Gorriugo says the obelisk will endure in our climate for 8,640 years. “’0 advise our readers to rc- iiiembsr this. ’Iliey may get the laugh on Gorringo in the year 10,440. Ail Iowa editor thus acknowledges s ro- sent of rapes: “\Vo have received a as- kot of us rapes from our friend “7., for which lie wiIl accept thanks, some of which are nearly two inches in diameter." LANDLADYâ€"“ Lor' a many. Mr. Brown, what's the matter, sir 2" Msddor Brown (with lively demonstrations of delight)â€" ”Glorious news I I’m going to be hung at last! Hooray l" But he only mount his picture was going to be hung at tho Acade- my. “Atut m: a ood rider l" asked a livery man. “ am,‘ replied the customer, and just then the horse snorted, stood on his hands. came down and bucked. And the customor went on, from his high soul; in tho haymow : " See how easily I got off.” “ What is A student, hositating ro- lied : ” Professor I did know, but I have orgottou." “ That is and, very sad," ro- joined the professor ; ” the only man in tho world that ever know has forgotten it I" TENNYSON'S sigh for a “Touch of tho vanished hand" prompts a youthful critic, evidently smarting undera senso of personal injury, to remark that if Tennyson had ro- foronco to his mother's hand its touch must hlpvo been different from that of most mo- t ers. Mr. Trueman H. Bartlett, the sculptor. when about to visit Now York, some time since, received a letter from his friend X., a resident of that city, in which the latter mentioned, with much admiration, a line bust of Miss Maggie Mitchell, then u n exhibition there. When Mr. Bart ctt reached Gotham, X. took him to sso the bust in question, cxprcssiu 1 his enthusiasm with much warmth. “'lhcro," he said, placing the sculptor before it, “ how do you’ like that? Isn't that fine, oh! I tell you that’s stunning. Why in tho world, Bart- lott, don't you do something like that! Something pleasing. That's a capital but l" “I'm glad you think so,” Bartlett auswurod, coolly; “I thought it was fair when I made lt.” A PROFESSOR asked his class ; the aurora l" Burdett-Ooutts' Flower-Girl. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, says the St. James Gazelle, opened at tho llolborn town- hall, yesterday afternoon, an exhibition con- sisting of a largo variety of natural and arti- ficial flowers and plants in connection with this brigade. In opening the exhibition the Baroness Burdctt-Uoutts stated that the object of their gatherin was to promote the interests of a in e, industrious, and hard- working class o the population. and to endeavour to place street flower-girls in posi- tions of, she would not say respectability, because she believed the larger number of the persons employed in distributing and selling flowurs were in tho main an extremely respectable and industrious class. Still, they all knew that life in the streets was not very desirable for the young. and as in England it was their characteristic that over body who had an opportunity and rnoansof si vauc- ing in life should do so, it had been the aim and object of the association that tho chil- drcnalhould be enabled to make their way in the world. As far as the present ofl'ort had advanced it had been a successful and certainly a Very interesting one to those who had been connected with it. Bbo earnestly recommended the effort to those present, and hoped that for the ensuing Christmas some of the many pretty objects which were exhibited to show what the association had achieved would be purchased, and thus afford encouragement not only to those who had rcmotcd the undertaking, but to those emp uyi-d in it. Of course in the summer it was our to obtain flowers, but in winter it was di cult sometimes to rovide the youn girls whose charge the is undertaken wi employment; but it ad been suggested to them that their knowledge of flowers would . nable them to make good artificial florists and she thought those who looked round the room Would find they had not made a mistake in that respect. She concluded l askin those present to induce their frio to visit the ball during the next two days. W Tun Government of Japan is making stre- nuous efforts to economies, and in pursuance of this policy has ordered the sale toprivato individuals of factories which were formerly established by it to stimulate native indusa tries. The various public departments have also been instructed to reduce their ex as» a, and guards heretofore attending rivy Councillors have been abolished. By these and other measures which are in progress a uvin of about 810,000,000 annually is to bee acted, which sum is to be devoted to the redemption of paper currency. It is al- so stated in native pa is that the Mraisters of Austria, Italy, a Holland are to be rev called in ordain aid in the general reduc- tion. . Inn exported last year twice as much wins salt imported : both the exports and imports were to and from France, Bwitseb land, and Germany, the Italian wines beng aoim doctlymadoastobcspoilsd by sea tmv A m was arrested in New York the other day, with a coffin under bla‘krm, which he was trying to sell for tea cents. The nun wanted twobierv worse than one