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more}; .3 . elm: on “55(1),”. A fun h b itrr rum}. is Lorin; trird on t' e. flatten and Many litilruu‘. Luncht- .! uqrn; aorts and p1.-a. but all or god qaalzty, are vial-renal lu neat basket. st ,urn s to :hme who have orderei than of sparse!» rl the train. Tn: splendid chandef rer of rock or) staLin the room where the sledding breakfastof the Prince of l’ruaaii, r r rather supper, took place in Berlin the other day, is the identical cn’e under which Luther stood at the Diet of \h new». Ti e late King bought it for “.000 A: Indianapolis merchant drove into town ev m-vriiny, le;t his horse in alivery stab e, attended to bn-iness until night, and then drove harm. The beast was by no means overworkel in this light service, yet it grew ti); and ill, as though from hard if ' owner at lea h found out th t it had been hiref out nefr‘ly every day b‘y the livervman. A jury ha. awarded dam- agie n .1»: amount of the mane car i b the bonus. y n i y Won: rt was discovered that the young women who were engag‘ :l in the Louisville Female High Soho l, in the publ'cation of a school paper, were making personal solicit» trons among burllli as men for advertisements sulhc' iptiona, and were not only ofl'ering prises of jewelry as an inducement for pet- ronage, I but were also bettowing lilacs Ererekrssfss liyonld iiin a customer, the au- Grill" 0 t e school at tbe‘r veto it n the project. 9 p0 Trix statement has been made that the use of postal cards has decreased the sale of writing paper in the United States 812,000,- 000 sunna'ly. In the firs: place, aoeordrrg to figures given by the Springfield Republi- can, the sale of writing paper has not de- creased at all ; and in the stcoud place. the amount now manufactured in a year is not w-irth 810,000,000, including that used for blank books, enVelopes, and other purposes requiring arsed paper. but year the Gov- ernment sold 293,000,000 postal cards. Tmn‘ the M saissippi may deservedly he called the " Father of Waters " the follow- ing data will show: Quanut of water dis- charged by that river annual y, 14,883,360,- 806,880 cubic feet; quantity of sediment discharged annually, 28.188083 802 cubic feet : area. of the delta of the river, accord- ing to Lyell's estimate, 13,000 iqnars miles, and depth of the some, as calculated by I’ri f. B. ddell, 1.056 feet. The delta, conse- quently, as appears from these figures, cou- tsrns 400,378 429,440,000 cubic feet, or 2,- 720 cubic miles; and it would require for the formation, then fore, of one cubic m’le of delta five years and eighty-one daysâ€"for the farmstion of one square mile, of the depth of 1,056 feet, one year sixteen and one-fifth days, and for the formation of the whole delta 14,208 4~5 years. Milli. HATCH or Mrs. Reilly (she bore the names alternately) was for s.x years nnnblo in make a final choice between two husbands in St. Louis. She was remarkably handsome, and the two min were deeply in love with her, while she seems to have been about equally in love with each, and was bound to each by a marriage ceremony. She deserted one and wont to the other four times, in every occasion declaring that. her decision was linal. A few days «go she left Reilly and began proceedings for adivorcc prepara- tory to a new marriage to Hatch. The rival husbands had for years threatened to kill each otbi r. They agreed to most in tho office of a mutual friend, who desired to make peace between them ; but each armed himselfvwith a istol, and on sight thoydrsw the weapons. {silly was the quickest, and Hatch was shot dead. ..______ GLBANINGS. Tur. Czar of Russia has been put out of the way, but will his pen show the Nihilists any favors for their crime? ‘ Tris Bears have set their national war-song to the air of "Sally Writers," and are ready for the summer campaign. ONE of the Rothschildi Weighs only ninety pounds and lie is worth 9,000,000 pounds. Tm: King of Portugal's trans‘ation of Shaksp‘arc has had a very large sale; his Majesty's royalty on if e translation has al- ready yielded him $5,000. Tux war b tween Persia and the Kurds is simply a nasacrc of the weak and helpless. A l'ersisn officer who kills three women p r day is su o to receive favorable notice. It is now 'i s' ma'ed that the force‘s of Americs will be all us if up at the curl of an- other thirty yarn, and a man who wants to go hunting will have t ) sit on a drawbridge and shoot at sailors. Tux c we stood in a row in o stalls at Plattville, Win, with their head. fastened in the us ".1 any b:twcen stanchions. The' floor gave way in the night, so u in tho morn- ing hey were found hang n.- dead. Tux quarterly report of the Director of the Slaw ‘l'uulo Ab-llllllin Otlice, just issued in Cairo, Egypt, testifies in the progri‘ll gradu- ally made in accomplishing the work ass~gri~ ed to the d~partriirrrt. During a tour of inspictron made throughout Erypt, not a s nglu slave'was found of later date than the establishment of the department. The re- port addi, however, that the total abolition of the trade in Egypt is still for distant. Is the House of Lords the other morning alter the divisinn on Lord Lyttou's motion, the Earlof BeacOnsfield, returning with a crowd of Peers, sbstractedly strolled up to the Ministerial bench. and was about to take the seat of the leader (I the House, when be recognised Earl Granville already in pos- susion. He immediately retired, and, skirting the table, tank the seat opposite. This mistake created great men-uncut. Lord Besoousfleld heartily joEned in the laughter. I Bzcausx a nstlve woman had been dehver~ ed of twins, the Indian so rs prophesied that unless one of them dial the s a s would not mm. again to the sea ing grounds on the British Columb a coast. So the parents car- fiodtue babes into the bush. and be an a tonne of incantation and starvation. n the midst of the rites, Father Nicolai of the R0- msn Catholic mission suddenly ap and and. induced the parents to‘tive. t e s proper rourishmart. The twins lived. the catch if “,1, was unoommonl and the users h". lost all prestige in the vsll .gas. A ramv servant girl in a Rochester bonding house won the ardent love of tire bunk-a. Both desire! to marry her. She n, puzzled to choose beiween them, and iested the affair bv accepting than the «her. The rivals at tenant berinaroomtogvthe‘ and i fer final daouiou. “'hen the momentous Scales can one tried to influeur e her by “wife saddevlasd th‘t be we ld not sum ,5" . refusal. The other. not to be outdone, M a pistol o'- hia head and swore that he “um blowhisbrains out in c-se of disap- - can“. She took the dagger mga, hoar- pom M the‘pistel man allowed himself to 3?me, ough he vows in will die on 'M theta-lb}. tics: of Upper and Loir neon er was visited at his house in Vien- W‘t and sormwful old woman, 33’de bimtogive her a 31de int wuanhamofspropunnv] to steal. mm and - snip executioner has mfll‘fiu.¢u.oqu. W h. M”. Tu: estimate if: mite. 'l'ay has” is Matias-MM“ FACTS. .\ in: dr ,rsrpr‘rr is to be given by tho Spatllsh colonhin Paris, at which a'l the Iniies will wear lager dresss. 'I‘ui; firt I‘l no in Danny, Cok, had a Lard tine g t::ri_.r there. It “as transported ‘2“) a; it‘s LC ms tl‘c irmrn's r > in .i “egg. n, d sun by lil"!\“. .‘lt o .- paint it was tuirr'uiei drum .1 irrciriec. smashin: the 'l-Ix, int n: t injuring the instrument. . which minim-i tantlrg. ltowrvir, at the rod 'Ll thejourrr y. r A young German “ho “as witnessing the ‘ ishocrng of a horse was struck by s aiua‘l particle of iron, which penetrated the u if Inihis eye and buried itself deep in the 3 of that organ. In on eye hospitil at \Vies‘ glisdcn the extraordinary operation of with- - drawing the iron by means of a magnet was recently perforrnul a itli entire success. ‘TIIZ culture of bees in North Italy has 21\'(‘ll rise to an industry which appears likely to increase in inipnrla'ice, namely, the rupplyinu queen bees and swarms to various countries in Europe, and to America. The queen bccs travel in wooden boxes. ae- companicd by 200 working bees. The boxes have four slits for sir ; inside are two small frames, one contaiuiuga full, the other an empty happy-«limb :they vary in size ac- ” . . , cording to t to r istauco they are sent. The of.:t:1:‘nbgbt fhue beendfillid wall! “LYON Italian bccs have the reputation of being , ’9 comi’mm 5- "33 Semen”) more doodl- and productive than any other that it was filled wrth sulphur and chlorate i be“ . homo their value of potasss. That is a common combination ' , ' with which every school boy who has under- I _ "0x5 les'on unmistakably taught ‘0' “1° taken the elements of chemistry is familiar. '“flllt “"l'h m" 80°" "t mom“ limp“?- The mixture, rubbed with a hammer or a “he” S" (“0'8" 00"“? W“ “110d.” “3'5 “on, w,“ 5351, "many. I doubt if it “.35 the war correspondent. of the London Stand. thi.’ because the” "e fuming“, which no ard, “ is that it is worse than useless to at. much more certain and {orciblmu tempt to tight the Boers with numerically u The expluion in reported to ban, mm inferior forms. In such warfare as this they n deep hole in me pavement {our feet in arc, man for man, cqualandrnore than equal diameter. Mustu't it have required a vcrv 3° 9"," “‘"l- Th9? “'0 “5 CWWRWN- "0 powerful gm,“ ,0 accomplish such a}, infinitely better shots. and are marvellously egecu" _ skilled in taking advantage of caves. Their ricermniy' but not an unfamiliar out coolness under fire is crfcct, and while in,“ are known u the debuting Powders fighting idliifltlllflll)’, a] work in consort have been “mm-u. for at least “(W 3.63”, and in obedience to orders. They express FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1881. NO. 5. VOL. IX. swered her remarks and questions in a com} The Bomb That Killed the Czar. fused manner, and "A! evidently thoroughly ; uncomfortable. f Govics, accustomol to the bold self~as~l sertion and assurance of their young lrisb' neighbours, and to the polished casu of the Hus-arr, was so riser! and a little amused at his shynms. at the student who 'rnoved his hands so nervously and looked so bssh~ fully away 'frrm her was unmistakably a eutlemsn. His face was refined and intel- ectual, though not handsome, and his voice sweet, with the tones of cultivation in it. \Vould her riotous child-lover Teddy ever obey one whose manner was so timid and difident! She feared not. But other and heavier fears were busy at her heart. The day was fast Waning, and tho Coghlsns had not returned She was just beginning to express her anxiety about them when she heard again the sound of wheels, and, goin to the win- dow, saw, with glad than fulness, her friends safely returned. She ran into the hall to meet them, and to tell them that the tutor had arrived. ' "Tiresome fellow l" exclaimed Mr. 00 h- lan. “ We have been Waiting for him t is hour I We sent a boy up to the inn to ask him if he would come to us at Doctor De- PUGI TIV t: FANCIES - Moonshine. I think of you n ostly U “'hcn pourive moonrght, Like drapery ghostly, Falls over the night. “D ) ycu think we woufd leave papa 2" in- tcrru ted Eva indiguautlv. “ Not one of us woul do :0 ; would we, Glcry 2" "No, indeed," rtsponded Glorvfns. “My guardian will fake precautions, but we shall nut leave him ; indeed he treats the warning with contemp'. It is hire. Coghlari who has had bolts and bars put to doors hitherto ignorant of them. ” But, surely," raid Captain IAiccster, “ it would be well so have some of our fellows at the house. “'i uld Mr. Uoghlau permit me to stay there with a few men 2' “You can ask him." replied Glorvrna; "and we are obliged for the odor, Captain Leicester ; but I don't think he will accept .t." Here the children interrupted the con- versation by rushing impetnonsly up to them. Nora exclaimio â€" “ Eva will you spea to Teddy and make him give up my bltll 1" “ Era," cxclaimoi Teddy, “ she gave it to me, and now she wants it back again I" Eva laughed, and said that Nora ought not to ask to have a gift back again ;but that. asshe was only a little girl and he a big boy, she thought it would be more men- ly if he returned it. “ And I," added Eva, “ will buy you a new crickebball at the fair next week in should be happy to bring some of our men here and remain for a. few days till we see if ' any attempt is made to curry out their thriatr." “ \"e are in ry much obligoi for your kind offer, 'rrplied Mr. Coghlsn ; “ but we could not think of troubling you. Your prese..ce would be an acknowledgment of fear on our Dart. Besides, remember how near the bar- racks are to us. Why, you must be able to hear our alarum-bell if we rang it : it can be heard in the village class to you l" " Then pray ring it at the slightest alarml" said the soldier. ” “'e are always in the watch now, kept in barracks, and ready at a minute's notice to go anywhere." Then the conversation took another and more lively turn; and, when too was over, the two young men departed. Captain Lei- cester had to be early in barracks, and Tim O'Brien declared that he thought it would be prudent to accompany him so far. “ For," he added, “I have my gun, you know, if we should be interrupted." “ And I," said Leicester, with a quiet smile, “ have pistols." As the two young men passed the lodge gates, the young ofiicer glanced back rather uneasily. v " I hope ‘ AXD CIILII‘ INOCGH IO (\MVCOCT .\.\' INFALLIIILB INFERNAL MACHINE. “How was the loiiib iuadc “inch was' used for the assassination of the Czar I" This question was asked of a gentleman who is connected with one of the great powder companies of the city, and who understands thoroughly the subject of (x- plosives. Like moonbeams your treats, False sweetheart of mine : 1 our vows and caresses \Vere merely moonshine. A. memory. She pissed me like a beam if light Upon the crowded thoroughfare ; I caught a faint. hint if a smile _ And just a gl.mpse of sunny hair. Ann ever as I pass the spot, Upon the crowded thoroughfare, I feel the yreaence i f a smile, And muse upon that sunny hair. For a Distant Love's sake. I hear the melodies of sleeping birds, The weary inseeis‘ intermittent burn ; The sun glides down the crimson-tinted we may, not hear the alarum-boll west, . ,. ~ i. ‘ - r l ' H tb k ' ‘ v d th ea in shadows place ofrt. . :, “‘3'th he Mld- " I can i: get: our an auey s. o seu ac word that he would “a uothin could h, b j .t . 1 m. contempt for our infantry, but four our cav- Audc‘bgefhe 'm e or p 8 “I 110 8 my tutor will play cricket wrth uncomfo'rfable foreboding about the family. b“ ‘V’lh “' ‘“ 5°” ‘3 11° ind {Wild 11" “18‘ would have8 been morovgcrtiiii fire Licsulii all! “‘1 nrtlllefY-u gage, which he hsd'lost, if we would be good enough to wait for him. ' ‘iVo waited till we were weary, but he never came. I did not think it right for Eva and her mother to be Coghlau is too confident. Did you notice that the shutters were not even closed when we left! Any one outside would be able, with the lights inside, to see all over the me," sai the boy, as he gave back Nora's ball to her. ” Do you think he Will 2" “I dare say he will," was his sister's reply. Simple chlorate of potash and sulphur make a terrific explosive. If it had been dynamite thst had been contained in the gloss bombs it is probable that on being thrown it would Tint hatred of Germans and the German lsngungo in Hungary sril Bohemia displays itself in public and private, in society and business. A manufacturing house of Vienna She hears the matin songs of happy‘birds, As down the west the shadows disappear And sunshine streams across the eastern mm. “Is he goingto have a tutor at home," room. _And they have only two mou-ser- 0‘“ “‘3' 1390?} 30 “'9 5°“l§_w°l‘d tint 11° W35 not have ex loded." ' r d 1. - - - , - Dear is the day to me. but night more All‘i‘tg' Tun. , b t t ,th “at” l"; “l; hgufleâ€"dhhpt (g2 :ptlcrt sold a “£032: zztggrsf 111:“ flaming: 8503?; “Supposi'iig the bombs were providedwilh innrhirgtfifillfifeifi1:3:fii“'333;3,2°: dear. es ' "’3me “"5 e” o P“ In men 3 ° 3 ‘ ‘ "5° R m 0' In vim. y' Percnfilon “P5? Thoy rotiirriodit to the writer With the ex- “He certainly never receivel any message. He told sine. that. he had waited an‘ hour for some tidingsvof'you, and then Kavansgh ersundcd him to go on in a car." Kavansg was the hotel keeper. “ But the boy told me that it was Kevan- another manâ€"ii good strong fellow." ‘ “ Better not," - replied Tim curtly. “Those he has are trustworthy, both of stem. A stronger might let' in tho \Vhiteâ€" ya." I V “ illos l" exclaimed the officer, stopping , short. “ \Vhat is that in the copso t" _ s h who ave him the message i" declared Tim turnedund just distinguished a gleam b r. Cogh an. . . . . . . of white disappear behind the trees at the "It is some blunder}? said his wife, curi- sido of the road. ' ous to seeltheir new inmate. “Come in “Bridget Mahoney's white cow," he said, and s as]: to Mr. Snrridge." And, entering laying his hand on Leicester’s arm as ho Was the rawing-room, followed by the two raising his 'pistol. "' Nothing worse, 1 53- girls, they gave thc‘tutor a cordial greeting. sure you. -I have often seen the creature He heard with shy amazement of the mes- here. I saw her as I walked past to-day." sage which he had neither received nor sent, The young soldier dropped his arm. and no little wonder was excited by the in- himâ€"after poor Dan f" -with a sigh. Little Dan Cogblau had been killed at school'by an accident in the playground. " Papa has con caged n clergyman to live with us to teach Teddy." "And the Parson is not alarmed by the ssiblc danger of his pasition hero 3“ asked rm, laughing. “No ; papa told him the country was dis- turbed ; but, of course, he knew it. He is an Irishman from Dublin University. He will not be' afraid." “I should think not !" exclaimed Teddy. “Fancy a grown-up man, afraid ! \Vhat would Glorvr'nasny to that? \Vhy, do you know, she means to inarry the bravest man “ Then? the" bombs would havo to be thrownsccurately. A shell thrown from a grin strikes accurately point on, so that. the cap is e lodod, but glass balls thrown by hand won d not surely retain any given positron, and soup at any one point would not necessarily be touched or explode l. The whole mass would have to be highly explosive for the certain success of such a process. If the balls were filled with nitro-glycoriue I may say that; I would not like to have one of them strike at my feet; still, the chances a‘ro that it would not explode. “How much more effective such 0. ball would be if it were filled with the fulminato of mercury or the fulminnto of silver. The plrinntion that they have correspondents familiar with French, Engli‘h, and Italian, but. have never had occasion to uso the services of one who understands B vhcmiau. The order was thereupon sent to them again written in French, and that is now the lan- guage in which all correspondence between the parties is conducted. Aficchplor’q Reflection. I lie in my bachelorchamba, _ Enveloped in fleecy mocnhcsms, And dream‘cf you, beautiful woman, P. rpetual theme of my dreams. Had you been as loyal and loving As I've been, fair womsn, to you, My cup might have held less of worm. wood, This lonely room might have held two. A MEAN PRINCESS.â€"I have learned some more particulars concerning the Prince siodo la Morkorvn. She was sordid tc a (leng0, and money-grubbing was a mar is carried to its deepest intensity. She lived in a miser- nbly small apartment, damp and dark, in a little building in the courtyard, of tho liotel «W M I" E M D F she can find ; and I want her to wait for “I hope you are right,".lrc answered cident. [ulmiuata of mercury constitutes the pump Lafitte. The house itself she let off, but . me 1" v doubtfully; “but: I thought it. resembled a “ Could it be,” difidently suggested the sion in ordinary caps. Tho assassins having only ‘0 mth “'1” would Pay by “'0 “4301‘s __ There was a, general laugh .5 Teddy drew human figure.” new tutor, “that the landlord his purpose- that had an agent more powerful than nitro- Every wenmg “‘9 (laugh i" 0‘ “‘0 8”“ “Not a bit of it,” declared Tim; "only 1y delayed Mr, Coghliug, knowing that ho bankerâ€"Jacques Lafitteâ€"would have uptlre By the Author of " Hlnnxx QUICXSANDS, up his jiggle figure with the air of an infant glyberine, and it has been known since the concierge or some servant to play, by tho “ A RBLENTLILBS Fox," “ Msaorn O'Cox- hem, everybody nowadays has Whiteboys on the would be waylaidl" g beginning of the century. Dynamite, nitro- . . , son‘s Fonrusns,"&c., &c. “I really think I will wait for you, brain.". ' _ . And thenbe repeated the story of the car- glycerinc, glucodino, and gun cotton are all I‘ll“? °_f " m" {9‘1 1m“ ’ “‘0 0‘0"“an game â€"â€"-â€" There was a tinge of sarcasm in hrs tone, driver's conduct. ' ' forms of the some thing, and the effort: has “f be“le “‘5 0110 ha fpenny tho rn bor. Teddy," said Miss Desmond, holding out a ' small white hand to him ; “you are sucha darling I" ” Thank you, Glorvina l" cried the boy ; and, turning to her, he threw his arms around her neck and kissed her. “ I will make haste to grow up and deserve you I" Glorvins, releasing hereclf from his cm- oue quite out of sight," sho brace, rose. “The sun is said. “ We had better return to the house, Eva : it grows chilly now after sunset. Miss Coghlan complied with her request, and they turned homeward, Captain Leices- ters by Eva's side, and Tim O'Brien by Miss Desmond's. “ And so,” he said to her, as they walked a little in advance of-tbe others, “ you mean only to Wed a hero, Miss Glorvina! I'm thinking I would take service under King George, if it would give me a chance of win- ning you I" " Being a soldier does not necessarily make a man a hero," she replied laugh- ingly. “But it showing if should i have a chance with Leicester's fine feathers 3" “ Not any," she replied firmly, though kindly. “ If you had achieved feats worthy oh the Round Table I could not love you,Mr. O‘Brien. Pleaso’l‘e’t'u‘s'néf‘iétuin to this subjict ; it is useless, and disagreeable l" A dark frown restid on Tim O'Brion's face. " I never give it anything I have resolv- od t) have," he ssi , silently. "And, in spite of yourself, I will win you yet. Glorvina l" Looking greatly annoyed, Miss Desmond drew up her stately figure, turned suddenly hack to their companions, and joined them with some slight remark about the evening; then, taking Teddy's little hands in here, she walked herido them on the grass, and gave Mr. O'Brien no further opportunity of pressing a suit he had ohstrndid on her for some time past in vain. In truth, Glorvina; Was more than indifferent to Tim O'Brien ; she disliked him instinctively, though he Was a great favorite with all the C.ghlnn famil , and was treated as a son of the house. She had a distrust of him for-which she could scarcely account, unless it was for her belief in physiognomy, which told her that Tim’s very handsome face hardcover- theless the impress of a crafty nature. On their return to the house, they found tea ready for them, and Mrs. Couhlan sist- ed before the urn. She was a very pretty woman, still in the flower other a . Her husband, who stood near the win ow, was many years oldrr, and slightly lame. Tim O'Brien was cordially wted by both, and Captain Leicester by t is host, who had been our. of doors when the young soldier called in the afternoon and walked with the young ladies to the lake. “ I saw your father, Tim,"said Mr. ch'n- lsn, as they sat at their meal, “ and I find that he also has had a misiive from C-ptain Rockâ€"confound him I" “ Oh, Tim, you never told us of it I" cried Eva. " I did not know it t ll this minute," re- lied Tim, : dark flush spreading over his ace: " but I suppose all the gentlemen are in for the same." " What is Mr. O'Brien going to do 2" asked Mrs. Co h‘ao, a little anxious] . " He did as did." replied her bus andâ€"'- " exhibited his precious epistle to the Bench to-day; and more troops will be sent for; but. I don't are that they are reallyre uiro ad. I think we make too much of t are threats." “But they have been awfnll fulfilled in' the case of r Brown and 'Estraoge," Any unlucky opponent who won from her two evenings running was invariably dis- charged. Tuonori the resertce of gold in iyritos has long been nown, says the 1’s 1 Mall Gazette. “."nc cost of extracting the precious metal has until inf:on rendered the opera- tion unprofitable. It is stated that an im- portant discovery has been made which at set solves this difficulty. The mouse, which is of French origin, has yctto u tried on a largo scslo ; but up to this time tho ox- pcrimcnts that have been made are said to show a return of between one-half and three- quarters of an ounce of gold from each ton of pyrites treated. This discovery is excit- ing very great interest in tho pyritos trade. Ono well-known concern have secured the right to the patent, and are now erecting the apparatus necessary for working thoprooess. Tun Ammanâ€"A hideous fish called the angler, or fisher-frog, is happily rare on our coasts. Ills stomach holds it bucket of saw. dust. The creature fishes for other and more natural members of the flock of Amphftrite with two short ninlrt-lincs, which he wears in the top of his head. He opens his month and hangs out his bait ; other fish make u rush at it, and fro sucks them down into the stomach that. lio‘dsa bucket of sawdust. It must have taken the angler-fish some time to evolve this "sisy stratngorrr," air Ca itain Costigan might have called it. Mr Buc land examined the “ crccl "of one fisher-frog, and found that tho nuimal had made a very mixed basket. It had taken two mnry-rolur, one common solo, one p:kcd dog-fish, (I footfliuclrcs long.) three moderate-sized crabs, fourteen fivo-lingors, and one siblingâ€"The Saturday Rror’m. In his work on India, Dr. \‘i'ools gives a curious account of the manner in which native robbtrs often contrive to evade pur- suors by posturing as trees. An officer, with n party of horses, was chasing a small body of Blreol rubbers, and was fast overtaking them. Suddenly the robbers ran behind a rock, or some such obstacle, which hid thorn for n moment, and when the soldiers came up the men had mysteriously disappeared. After an unavnilirig search the officer order- odlris men to dismount beside n clump of scorched and withered frees, anl the day bring very but, he took off his helmet and hung it on a brunch near which he was stand- ing. The branch turned out to be the body of a thcl. who burst into a acre-rm of laughter and flung the astonished oflicor to the ground. The clump of scorched trccs suddenly became metamorphosed into men, and the whole parry dispersed in different directions before the Englishmen could re- cover from their surprise, carrying with them the officers helmet by way of trophy. and Captain Leicester looked around at him- sharply. But Tim had no sneer on his lip ; On the contrary, he looked grave and. even troubled, and his companion turned away in silence. At the barracks gate they parted com- pany. Captain Leicester did not invite him to go in and spend the evening with him; and young O‘Brien. 9. little disappointedâ€"for 'he courted the militaryâ€"walked on, mutter- ing to himself-â€" "A couceited'assl I wonder if it is the heiress he’s after-l But of course it is l Mon- ey and beauty united must always win tho day against more prettiness and a small por- tion, such as Eva has I But he shall never have Glorvinaâ€"hy Heaven l" ' Mrs. Coghlsn turned pale and. grasped her daughter's hand; the father looked grave and puzzled. ‘ _ “ It might be so,". he said slowly ;- “ for no one knows who is really in league with the Whiteboys, and Kavanagh, the landlord of ‘Tho Shamrock,’ owes me a good turn certainly. Well, our lives are in Heaven's hands." “ But you shall not drive into town again for many a long day I" exclaimed his wife vehemently. 4 - been to make these harmless under ordinary shock and fire. Why should the conspir- ators have used those? They had n. known agent, efi'ectivo and certain, and there was no need to look for an infernal novelty." “ What fnlminntcs are common, and what would have been their effect I" “The fulminsto of mercury would have done. An ounce of it exploded on this desk would tear in hole through it.’ It costs only $3.50 a pound. A glass ball, such as those the marksman shoot at, ‘about the size of u hcn’s egg, if filled with fulminsto of mercury and exploded us the bombs were exploded which illed the Czar, would rend the ground asunder and‘produco effects identical with those which have been reported. The effect of the fulminstes is the same as that of dy- namite. Dynamite is only a weaker, a less susceptible form of them. They operate in- stantaneously. Gunpowder works gradually and moves the bullet: from a gun. Fulmin- ate of mercury exploded in a gun would act instantly, and before the inertia of the bullet was overcome the gun would be shut- tered. If you put your shoulder to a wagon and applied force gradually you would move the wagon. If your ran your shoulder full till: against is wagon the wagon would not move and you would hurt your shoulder. That is the difference in the operations of gun wdcr and the fulminatc. " here is no reason why the assassins shouldn't have been contented with the fol- minate of mercury. It is cheap and coni- mou.. When it is wet it can be transported with impunity, and when it is dr it can be oxploded by slight concussion, on its ulcers are disastrous. A supply for those glass bombs could have been got from a number of ordinary percussion caps or cartridges. Tho bi ger the bomb the more disastrous the exp onion. of. course ; but a. ball the size ofahon's egg, as I have said, would have oontainodenough'of this substance to pro. does the effect reported. Fnlrninate of silver might have been used. It is more highly explosive than the fnlmiuate of mer- cur . Fulminate of gold is more explosive stil . Probably they did not use that; it is too dangerous, too fickle. The chloride of nitrogen is. another facile high (:XplollVo ; they could not have handled it.” Value of Sawdust. CHAPTER. I. The sun Was setting over a broad and gleaming Irish lake, which reflected its radiance in ii thousand dimpling wavelets that formed a path of light across the water to the west. To the north lofty bills were veiling themselves in the purple m~ntlc of evening, th-ngh here and there a bold pro- jection caught a rosy flush from the depart- iu orl‘. Trees grew down to the lake, and wi lows dipped their drooping branches in it. In the distance were thickly grouped woods ; and scattered hamlets sent 2p thin lines of smoke into the air. Over 1 this was the glow and richness of early autumn. Beneath a great Irish oak, the huge roots of which stretched nearly to the lake, were seated a merry party of young people,wh0se voices and Ian hter broke pleasantly the stillncis of the our and plans. Two ladies occupied the rough wooden seat that sur- rounded the trunk ; at their feet: reclined a 'oung man in shooting costume, his gun ying near by him. Beside the elder of the young ladies stood another gentleman, a handsome distinguishedlooking man, with the air of a soldier. Not far off two child- ren were layingâ€"a be of about nine, a girl of six. 8m: of tho ladies was a brunette, with a Warm, plowing complexion, dark large bright hazel eyes, irregular features, and a merry arch expression of face. The otherâ€"perhaps ii. year olderâ€"was taller, with a oomplrx‘on of cream and roses, rich auburn hair, and these wonderful dark blue eyes, with long black lashes, which are the peculiar beauty of her conntrywomon ; for Glorviua Desmond was an Irish girl. She was undoubtedly as beautiful a wom- an as arrist over strove to depict. In repose bet face had rather a sad expression, for, as her young companion seated builds her used to say, 0 onion was like an :Eilran harp, responding to every air-wave that passed over her, whether grave or gay ; and just now she looked anxious an sad, for the times were troubled, and she was patriotic and reflective. But when she smiled her face was brightened with a light that. made it inexprossibly brilliant and bewitching, and, had she not been the hiiress that she was, she would still have wielded a mighty war over men. She was very rich. Both ifther and mother had died in her infancy, and she had been ado tâ€"d and brou ht up by her Euglish mother's rather, who ad died three years before and left her to the guard. anship of a cons u or her father, Mr.Coghlan â€"-the owner of St. Kuvrn's P.iciy. His daughter, her devoted friend Eva, was by her side. The reclining sportsman was cun 'Ilm O‘Brien, a neighbor and an old friend. The other entlsman was Captain Leicester, of the â€"t Husaars. which regi- ment, with detachments of Marines, and even of the Guards, had been sent to Ireland to endeavour to keep the land tranquil ; for too Whiteboys were a source of terror, and neither life nor property was safe in the un- happy, thounh beautiful island. The girls had been discussing the subject of the troubles ; for danger was drawing near their own home. “ Paps," said Eva, " found a pa r stuck on the hall door this morning. t had a coffin rudely drawn upon it, and told him to rspare for death, since he could find no ttar employment than serving the enemies of his country. It was a‘gmd ' Captain Beck! II ” 1 ex cted they would attack him,“ob~ served rm, “ for he has been active in sup- pressing rheir meetings ; and he being the maliltrale who rrsd the Riot Act before the soldiers fired at Callinara was, of course, an unparlonable amines lin téieir eyes." '- .‘B"' “h ' we!“ '” “'“l “3 u m. said Ca ’n iceszer gravel , naming two 53‘" w W N h" “4 m “"3? agents vshb had been menilyyahot. I They used to love him with all their is m, i. “a, “d it i, ‘ di, cc to the Iris fervocrbeforothesedisturbanceshroke ’ “‘0' country. But thiy were Eng 'shinen and u . had been extreme y severe on the tenants. And 3’5"" d".‘“'mm h": bum club All who hive been threatened have not ac- °’l by. “laurdmcd .g'uwll" “Chm”! tna'ly suffered. Certainly neither O'Brien Gm“ .Tl" P”th 93””“5 M" nor 1 will be scared away from our homes." “adds Firm" ‘m- ‘" “'1 m“ “h "Was the warnin to my father exactly y'aup °' a“! "'7 “5". w '“d um“ like your own 2" as ed Tim O'Brien, still into ii, For my part, the added more looping Mom... <11 “l "m" “"3 M"1"" “I” '0' “Notquitel‘ laughed 3dr.C him. "He m .‘l‘ M‘k‘mnf “ h’"b°°“ 'w istobesparedsndprotectsd if e will do. “5'9".” 'y'muau’m"9°d by Bash“; posit one hundred pounds ‘for the good of but it is not by «pm societies or amasâ€" “N an". and“ an m“ M. “u. none that lrrslaoda wrongs can be righted. enigma," val-gm" It is berdeadliest eoemses whosoggest such "And 'in 5. do my" “id Tim. with a course» "And what will Mr. Coghlan do, bliss eagerness. Desmond I” asked Capt-am WWW "Of course not! There is no fear of i , w.“ k a. h, I _ “ O'Brien'a psyin blackmail to the rebels. . ' i move is amlv - t" ‘ But it is a new eaâ€"ths only warning with "ls'o, I think not," she replied " It such achuasin it." man“ ,3. b M m m ch "If i; would gave himbcand mother from so a“, “in El, “a . . peeplsfltwouldmaketbesssth 3'“ ° ’P‘ylhnfi times worse. If one gentleman me Tim. "My dear hey, it wouldhetreasou unnatural..qu wouldbeaerv- ‘ ad with one of 'aproeessss, sol Nmno'fullvrs 'm . cunts-n naeals aim veu andthaeouatrywouldhsldttotbaWhitm Pg “1 tootto have; foolish attempt at frightening as.“ !‘ Yea. Of course he "1 out not sure that they Mandy,thâ€" [ro or. common] A Steam Elephant. JULES \‘KRNB'B LATEST JOURNEY INTO THE REALMB OF THE IMPOSSIBLE. CHAPTER II. The alumni from St. Kevin’s did not call out the military that ni ht or the following one, and the household began to forget their uneasiness. Mr. and Mrs. Coghlan and Eva went into town on the morning of the second day after receiving the warning ; the father on business and also to bring back the ex- pected tutor; the ladies on the plea of shop- ping, but, in reality, because they both had an unspoken dread of losing sight of the be- loved husband and father. Glorvina wOuld doubtless have gone also, had she not: yield- cd to Mrs. Ooghlan's entreafy that she would stay at home and take care of the children. The mother would thus be re- lieved of one part of her anxiety ; for people were beginning to dread a repetition of the atrocities which had disgraced the rebel- lion be no by Lord Edward Fitzgerald and pursui after his death with revolting cruelty. Glorvina had had the children with her all day, and, weary at last, had left them with the nurse, when she heard the sound of wheels in the avenue; and, thinking that the fsmily had returned, ran to her room to smooth her hair, disordered in romping with the little ones, and then descended to the drawing-room, confirmed in her idea by goofing a pile of luggage at one end of the a . On throwing open the door she was startl- ed to find,’not tho Coghlans, but a stranger standing in the room. He turned as the door opened, and she perceived that he was a slight, slc young nan, wearing spectacles and the ress of s clergyman. He was not more than five feet eight. in height, and a sfoopâ€"csused probably by habitual bending over booksâ€"rather detracted from his stat- ure. Glorvina guessed at once that this was Teddy's new. tutor, and she. advanced to reef. the stranger, who looked shy and hrighteoed, she thought, as be perceived or. v "You are Mr. Surridgs, I believe?” the said, smiling. " Allow me to intro lucs my self to you as Glorvina Desmondâ€"Mr. Cogh- lan's ward. I suppose you have somehow missed Mr. Coghlau, since you have arrived here before him. He and Mrs. Coghlan went into town toâ€"day, partly with the in- tention of meeting your coach and bringing you back with them." “Mr. Coghlan told me of his intention to do so," replied the stranger, with a. shy, diffident air, “and I waited for some time-â€" an hour at leaste-at the inn. Then the land- lord told me that possibly, owing to the state of the country, Mr. Coglsu might be prevented from caning to town; so I thought it better to go on. I hired a csrLand came hire. But "â€"pauaing a' littleâ€"” a rather alarming incident occurred on the way. My driver sang rebel son hiefly the ‘Shyu Van Voght 'â€"the who it way wecame, wine- periog to me once that he did itforprotectiou. At last we met four men. One, addresring my driver, asked if he had seen Pat Malone in the town that day. He answered, ‘ No ; he ain't been, and he's not booming to-day, I hear.‘ The fellow who had spoken mutter- ed an im recation and turned away. My driver ed his horse; then, taming to me, said, ‘Tbe Virgin forgive me for that lie I If they find it out it's my life that will y for it!‘ I asked, ‘Bid theymsansny to this Patrick Malone 1‘ His only an- swer was a whistle. But I am certain those men were on an evil errand. Do you 'know of any Patrick Malone in this ne‘gtiborhood, Miss Desmond 3" Glorvins turned very pale. " My guardian's name is Patrick Malone Cogh‘ao," she said, “and be has recently received a warnin from Bock.” Tbeyouogmao had very Ive. “ Then probably he_owea his 9 today to my oar-driver,” he said. #‘This is an awful state of ' s l" ‘ i eed.’ praysitdewu, . W; Itruetmy to do guardian will soon be home. - i First, and apparently drawirr the caravan, came a. gigantic elephant. T o monstrous animal, twenty feet in height, and thirty in length, advanced deliberately, steadily, and .with a. certain mystery of movement which struck the gazer with a thrill of awe. His trunk, curved like a cornucopia, was uplifted high in the air. His gilded tusks, projecting from behind the massive jaws, resembling a pair of huge scythos. On his back was a ighly ornamented howdah, which looked like a tower surmounted, in Indian style, by a dome-shaped roof and furnished with lens-shaped glasses to servo for windows. This elephant drew after him a train con- sisting of two enormous cars, or actual houses, moving bungalows in fact, cach mounted on four wheels. The wheels, which were prodigiously strong, were carved. or, rather sculptured in every part. Their lowiist portion only could be seen, as they moved inside'Ta sort of once, like a paddle- box, which, concealed the enormous loco- motive apparatus. A flexible gaugway con- nected the two carriages. How could a' single elephant, however strong, manage to drag those two enormous constructions, without any a parent effort! Yet this astonishing animalp did so I His huge feet were raised and set: down with mechanical regularity, and he changed his pace from a walk to s trot, without either the voice or the hand of a mahout being apâ€" parent. The spectator-s were at first so astonished by all this that they kept a respectable dis- tance ; but when they Ventured nearer, their so rise gave place to admiration. hey could hear a roar, very similar to the cry uttered by these giants of the Indian forests. Moreover, at intervals there issued from the trunk a jet of vapor. And yet it was an ele hunt! The ru ed, greeny- lack skin evidently covered tfi bony framework of one that must be called the king of tho pachyderma. His eyes were life-like ; all his members wero endowed with movement I Ayl But if some inguisitivs person had chanced to lay his hair on the animal all would have been explained. It was but a marvelous deception, a gigantic imitation, having as nearly as possible every appear. ance of life. In fact, this elephant was really encased in steel, and an actual steam engine was con- cealed within its sides. The train, or steam house, to give it its most suitable name, was the traveling dwell- in promised by the engineer. i‘ e first carriage, or rather house, was the habitation of CoL Monro. Capt. Hood, Banks and myself. In the second lodged Sergt. McNeil and the servants of the expedition. Banks had kept his promise, Col. Munro had ke t his; and thstwas the reason why, on this ay morning, we were setting out in this extraordinary vehicle, ,with the intention of visiting the northern regions of the Indian peninsula. But what was the good of this artificial elephant! Why have this fanciful appar- atus, ao unlike the usual practical inventions of the Eu lish'.’ Till then, no one had ever thoughto ivingto a loonmofivo destined to travel of or over macsdam highways or iron rails, the shape and form of a quad- ro . must say, the first time we were admit. ted to view the machine we were all lost in amazement. Questions about the why and wherefore fell thick and fast upon our friend Banks. We knew that this tuctioooesgiss had been constructed from his plans and under his directions. ives him an opportunity of e’s one or not! Tell me, you if I wore “'0 should hardly credit so large a story from a less reliable source than the N. W. Lumbrrmrm, but we presume the editor has the statistics at hand to confirm his asscr. tions : “In New York there are about 500 ven- dors of sawdust, having a capital of $200,000 invested, and doing a business amounting to more than $2,000,000 annually. Forty years ago the mills were glad to have sawdust carted awa ; twenty-five years ago it could be bought or 60 cents a load, but. the price has increased, and now it brings $3.50 a lo.rd at the mills. It is used at the hotels, eating houses, groceries, and other business places. It is wet and spread over floors in order to make the swecpin cleaner work. Plumbers use a great deal a ut pipes and buildings to deadcu walls and floors. Soda-water men and packers of glass and small articles of every kind use it, and dolls and some living creatures are more or less stuffed with it. Yellow iue makes the best sawdust, as it is, the east dusty, and has a pungent, healthy smell. But any white Wood dust. will do. Black walnut sawdust. wrll not sell and is burned.” A. Reporting Machine. hie irra- An interesting trial of a stcnogra chine was made in the Chamber of Bepntiev, Paris, February l8. in the presence of M. Gambctta and a number of other officials and members. The mechanism, which is an Italian invention, rs worked by a kind of key board similar to that of a small piano, and the atenographic signs, not unlike those used in the ordinary French shorthand, are automaticall printed on a continuous ribbon of paper. he signs registered, of course, represent socnds, irrespective of spelling, and. the machine can be used by a person no uainted with the language spoken. The tighter of the inventor worked the machine successfully, takimr down a speech read, 'at average speed, in Italian, and one read in French M. Gambotta, she being ignorant of the tterlan a c- A com- partaon' between the the mtchine and that of the shortath writers of the Chamber proved favourable to the former. Bertha: experiments will be made with a view to_a possible adoption of the apparatus. which is already in use in the Italian Chambers. "gratis timean away b iris in was in piecin cilia peoplede not dream so align of cases of of snow and wake up mantras fighting format-he Mir. LABOUCIIEKH in Truth, has a spicy paragraph on the late llcv. Lord .lohii 'l‘hynne, who was one of the lust of the old foundation canons. of whom there still rc- rnsins one at WestministrrwArcbdoscon Jennings. Lord J liri has held his stall for fifty years, and when llesn Wilberforce was nornimted to the see of Oxford, Rir Robert Peel offered him the dcancry, his refusal of which seemed to excite surprise in some quarters; but by accepting it he would have sustained considerable loss of income (his stall averaging £3000 a year), and would have exchanger! the easiest berth in the Church for a post of considerable rc- sponsibilrty. Lord John was collated early in life to the siuecure rector of Ilacknell, in thodioceso of Ilath ani Wells, from which he drew some £300 a year. Mr ncwr once entered the church of this parish, ex. cept when he vvrnt there to “ read himself in." lie also bill a vicar u in Wilts in? ever thirtv years. Lord Jo ii Thynuc p0!- scised considerable property in Cornwall, and some years all]: he inherite-l the exteri- sivc Carluet estates in Bedfordsbire. Till incapacity of the French for emigrr tion and their lack of the qualities which go to make up good colonists nave received an. other illustration in the failure of the attempt to establish a settlement at Port Breton, an island in the archipelago which lies all the coast of New Caledonia. Tho Chandernagnr was despotched, after many difficulticsdrom Flushing at the end of 1879 by the Marquis do Rays, "Governor General " of the Colony. with eighty-four Pan'an emigrants who had been enticed into the enter the by flaming accounts. 0n landing, they oucd themselves beset wrth difficulties, in s wretched country, and surrounded by a cannibal native popu- lation; The vessel which had brought them soon duerted them, and in seven months and ten days after their arrival their num- bers were reduced to twenty. Hearing of their deplorable condition, e Kc llsh Mic miralty sent a cruiser to their relie . sad ten of the ex'chlauiata have now been landed in Dieppe. lo the meantime the agents of the )farquis do Rays have collected eighty-two more colonists in Paris, who were to be des- pstcrbed from a port in Spain. the Genre- nuntba‘ refusodtosllthhamtoembark from Iran Tulipvsannouneeaanswwayof mak- ingsnaequaintance. Ambabouttceoter a restaurant meets a lady and ssluteaher willsth consump- “Em-me} she nya, “lhelisveI hsvsnot displeasure â€"â€"t" "Athouaand rdous, lad ,‘ss the such. "I millagtook you’for my». otbsrebarming lady, tboCounteasPadm dl'doeubeq," and sh'swlauaedthat ailment-Isiah conversation. " mum: Iwas imm,flr.ooghln.thatl