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kind “yam-i and; inunmmm" l. Tumhsminmoewlmhu trim upoemautmlae maul backward. He is a menifiet. Till y ’ man that. runs often attu- n that, on till never get hi: shoes "H: a doctor? laid old Chawhncon. waking of n young practitioner, “why he could not can a bun." h 'u a. terribly cant-arming to come into town from n fuhiu excunion uul find flare is not a. trout in t e nurket. A36 'eKcLAngf: nyl: “Bo-um dairymcn in milk [or fix cent- a quart." This i; a “do diqeounging to the cowu. _ “ I mm that vim light nub my health Improves," um flu: Equiunux, and down went uwflm candle. Shaun“ is dwgyl given to the under utnwbcrry in fine box. It i.- venernlly a litltfle thing if the {ruin-peddle” now him- se . Tu: xngilwr who gnu: her little boy cantor oil Wu informed by the infant that he would be much obliged if she would castor oil else- where Tm: W :6 whom the my editor said. "You go write I: the new liberty pole," mid he'd MW i he'd do it. A mzs‘rwuxs who left a gnu! buninm‘! n! the mat to 50 west. and start an indepen- dent. uequpgr, significantly wrim : ,, “Thank God ! there in no impriaomucut I'm- 4lebt in this state." u mm... mm to the walk. ' A “'lll! 1T6!“ editor in shot his {cunt A “ 3«year old" «linemen-«l the neighbor's hum in her yard scratching. In a most in. «ligm'ult tone she reported to her mother that Mr. Smith’s hem; wcru "wiping their fort on our gnu." A SM!I].AH£.\‘TO nnut sold his pet. painting {or 8530 and then new it in a duirymau' 5 window with “Morgnu' a pure milk product' :- painted on each cow. 'l'mmmshs of pounds of Ann-lieu“ ham-y {Ire now shipped to France, and if any Gaul Intimates that ibis all mlullcmtcd, the ex- porter in; ready tu retort: “Ilonry mi. t/ui mu! y pruxr." THEY my Bumomfield newer wore uny- thiug but patent-leather shoes. A mm: with notlnng on but Intent-leather uhoes must have been a pretty Dizzy spectacle in pal-lin- Incnt. Lrn‘zns are \er; «lewut. A great. many of them go to Mus m cry «In .â€"â€"-I'I:ilmlelplm Nmm A Iarg e number of t u- m go directly- from Mm to Gin, and Home straight to Rove â€" Y mud; Strum, ~â€"-.~w~ â€"~ 7- 777777 . u . ever; but formerly {arena governed their children. now chihren govern their par- ents. A wrrn' pastor once remarked that there was jugt u_much family government now o3 THE 'Parisinus have invented square um- brellas. This enables the wearer to get ruined on the four sides instead of ten. and to stick the weapon more accurately into the can: of contiguous pedestrians. WWmhbâ€"thcdinmm Annunciation- will nothold um. Withhlloflceh. 0L!) Triggn : "Hello, Jones. vot your feet. napping wet, haven't. you? \ hydon‘t you wear ruhlmrs, us I do? I haven't wet my feet for six months." “Well, I should think you'd be ashamed to any so." A TELEGRAPH man in Nevada. went. to a concern The violinist played very nicely. holding his audience spellbound. until sud- denly u. strin v snapped. The telegraph man shouted : “ Vires dmm, lwh‘corgc !" 'l'HAcm-zn: “ If your father should give you tun cents a. week for ten weeks,how much mono ' would you have at the end of that time? ' “I shouldn't. have nothing. If umrm tliuln’t borrow it. ['11 cr spent it all fur a final and a box 0' caps and quarter 0' poum of powder. " Two women have started a hurlmr-sho ) in 'l‘ituuvilla. We saw one woumn nturt a )nr- her shouuucc. She came in with a. cowhide in her hand and said she was going to horse- whip thelmm whohudlm-ntalkingubout her ; and eight men, with towel» under their china and lather on their focus. hustled out of tho chairs and started {or the hack door on a I'll“. An elderly lunly, who was very imlignnn at the conduct of u mun in aliulveston street car, who was smoking. mnehed the driver in the back with her ulnlln‘clla, and asked : “Drivur. ain't it. ngin the ruler! to smoke in this car 2” “You can smoke as lunch as you )leaae, mmlnm, ii the gentlemen don‘t oh- ect." was the response. Then she rang the mall and got out. “\VAn‘An. what have you brought me, aw. Why. nlcm it. you have brought me ‘ Blue l’oiuts.‘ aw. on n gmcn plaque. This is inhnrmouiuun wathelieism. nw. you know. It um'nh, uuvnh will do." “'.\'euse me. 'Uw nhouhl lli know you mu. one of them u-stheticx. You don't. Wear a cone haz lli ueulf The "‘0 )rlctur Conn-a hurwunlmpoh» gins. Mul ( ise large: his imported waiter. who retires behind the screen until another customer uppeura. 'l‘m: Hugo ceh-hmtiun hml. inevitably. iL-i lmlicmus fruturm. l‘rulmhly the funniest thing conncckml with it, was the poem pn-wnw‘l hy the students of Allvi. whuallml. ml gracefully tq_§lw_f‘xn3:s§ery" ufhis initials ..--‘:\'ict.or like Virgilunn "“7 u like llonuvr." This reminds one irrcnistih ' of the twat adored by nmuch-iml‘mmal admire-r of flu- lanl '. “I drink to \ iuwr Hugo, so \mrlhy of that great. name." "I Aswan yon. gentlemen." said the con- \'ict upon entering the winch. “that the dam: lull nought me. am not I the place. .‘ly own AWN molly demanded all my time and uttquiou. and I may truly my that my selection to fill this puntiun was an entire surprise. "ml 1 wnaultml my own inn-mt. l shnnld lmwpewmptnrily decline-l tn m-rvm but, an! am in the hands of my friends. I sm no other course but to submit." And ln: submittod. ’l‘nu a wonderful agoâ€"-»womlerfu| ! Take ‘ the telephoua. {or hutww. llowvmuhl we got along without it? II we want to COIM- xuunimte with Higginl now. all we have to do is jun to go to our telephone. ring um lwlltwont or thirty limo; about “hello! hello!" whom, him. mull boy with “pod hrynx whollcr hall an hour longer. and men guover to lli ilu' with (ha inform!» tiou. If ul “thing i onl-l I'm yen to the lelc‘ phone. we Id min it. \ a new-r nppn.» mu we invention um nukes light. our bunlm! '1‘“; bug Inn“ hi‘l his cliuxininhml hem! below the nppmuh of the (‘n‘orrnlq .uwmgi. This 'nhin swell name. When he i: at home in bi: shifl ulcer“. he lilo“: {01km call him as m beetle. He in vaunted to lithium! c "wages of he“ and a)“. ruin. hound mot. and attend: to W'flh unidlilg n-guluity and on my unnl so large mull patch-cu. ll: conundrum! as black, m! and )‘ollow. uka 31W pljuco at t circus plot“. mi (um:- on‘Pu-u gnu uml plum 01 all __.‘_ ‘mn»»» “m" .- .. Mn1mlfibâ€"fi“ l \ Imimlfll“ the ‘riwau Sup mxio . 13‘“ {out hunk“! 01ml dollars, but l3 . , ._._.l I... cl.- l‘nhom hm n' Amman-rum. fie W1 we may wring “‘It seems. ’sail I. ”that youxe hardly in a mood to die at pxeseut. \ on plefcr to breakfast. Take it easy; I haw no wish to disturb you.’ Adapth from the Russian of Pouchklue. “ ‘W hat is to be gained, ’ said I to myself, ‘ by ymkinf this man '5 life, seciug thathc sets such sum! store by it“! “An atrocious ’idca shot across m3 brain. I let down the hauling of {H3 pistql. ........... , -_. “ ‘ Don‘t mix yourself up in my concerns,’ he umwered, ‘ but take the trouble of firing. pray. For the matter of that, do as you please. You have always that pistol-shot to your credit; and I shall be at your service whenever you wish to dischnrge it.’ I left with my friends, to whom I said that I did not intend to effect the exchange of shots for the moment. And thus the affair terminated. “I sent in m resignation, and withdrew to this village. {lot a. day has passed since then that I have not dreamed of revenge. Now the hour has come 2" Silvio drew from his pocket the letter he had received in the morning and gave it to me to read. Somebodyâ€"hrs lawyer presum- ablyâ€"wrote to him from Moscow that the person in rpm/ion was on the eve of marryu ing a 3'0“]:17' emlyhcnutiful Indy. Al \'... , n-1,] CHUIA H “vhl. :n 4'”; “ \you dn’iuo," said Silvio: “ who is the [mum]: in qualion. Imn starting for Mos- cow. \Ve‘llscc if he'll face death in the middle of a wedding with the same com- posure that he did in front of a pound of cherries Z" At these words he rose, threw his cap on the floor, and began stritlin r to and fro like a tiger in a cage. 1 had fistcned to him, outwardly impussivo, but racked by a thous- and contending sentiments. A servant, entering, nnnonncml that the horses had arrived. Silvio shook me warm- ly by the hand, and we embraced. He jumped intoa. calechc, in which there were two boxes, the one containing his collection of pistols, tlu: other his luggage. He said udienoncu more, and the horses went oil at u cantor. ’l‘lll! VERSUS IN QUESTION. Several years passed, when family affairs olnliged me to exile myself in a wretched petty hamlet of the \‘olosta of I'odjaritzki. Susy though I was with my property, I could not help sighing when I thought of the noisy life, gay and careless, 1 had led in ) to that )eried. In l’odjaritzki one did not ire â€"di«i not exist even; one vegetated. The greatest trouble I had was to accustom my- self to pass the evenings of sprin r and win- ter in complete solitude. Until ( inner-hour I succeeded in killing time more or less ef- fectually by talking to the starosta, superin~ tending my \vorkingmen, inspecting 110“" buildings. and overlooking improvements. But as soon as dusk came on, I was at a perfect loss to know what to do with my- self. Iconld almost repeat hy rote the few books I had unearthed in the drawers and in acockloft. 1 made my housekeeper, Kiril- ovna, tell me, over and over again, all the old country tales she reeollected. The songs of the [wasant-girls made me melancholy. I took to drinking. but that gave me a head- ache. Yes. I will own it; for an instantl I was afraid I would become a drunkm‘d through pure spite. the worst of all drunk- ards, as my own district afforded me only . too many proofs. As near nei Ihhors there | were but two or three of these ( istingilislred “ When I nun big I will marry Kitty :" Bu: Kluy flopped me And run away. And whllo I wept for mysell, in pity, I made up my mind I would marry May. For )hy was 55:11.: And May was tender, Yet lightly put. my ofler by : “I am cum: to Georgie Bender: Palm" 1 ll who you I! he should die." lly and by I met Jennie Bluebell: Jennie was thirteen and I wu ten : I used to carry hL‘I’ books and satchel. And nude up my mlnd to marry J cu. Bu! Jennie. her reign was quickly over. And Kate. my cousin became my Fate : I Bald. “I‘ll propose. like a. brave. true lover. As soon as ever I graduate." Alas I when I look out my clean diploma The darling girl was about to stun 0n Iher Wedding trip with young Will dc 'uma. Anzl no knew of my broken heart 2 tapers. whose conversation nominal prin- cipally of yawns nml hiccoughs. Solitude was a lesser evil than their companionship. At last I made up my mind to vet :0 bell as early as wihlc anal to tlinc m: ate as possi- hle ; so t mt I solved the prohlcln of short- rnin§ the evenings and prolonging the (lays. mul found the plan pay best of any. Al one-and lweutyngnln love found me. Hm. the angel (use and the meek blue e '08. And :th- thrcmls o! the golden hair um ov- (‘i lme, \\ cut [mung back into Paradise ! Mar}: ! Intu the house Lu. Kate and Harry. .. All: about and summer from school have value. And a girl I never had meant to many 13 wile and mother within my home. Four rents from 'Iny plane was a very fine domain belou Vin to the Countess lLâ€"; but there was no )0( y there save her atcw~ nrd. The Countess had resided in her chu- teau but anewâ€"the first. year of her wedded life; and then she would not remain there beyond a month. One dny. during the second spring of niyhemlit's existence. I was told that the Countaa mmnt to pen the unnmer with her husband in the chateau. The report was correct. They took up Eheir quartets them in the beginning of une. @139 $3? A kckey uslrcrwl me into the Count‘a study. and went to acquaint his master with my visit. This study was spacioux. nml furnished in a very rich style. Along the walls were ranged "mire pm full of boob. and on the to of each a bust in bronze. Over the Inlth a chimneypiecc were on an immense mirror. The floor wu hidden by A green cloth} upon which wen: uprud Per-inn carpets. l haul bean divorced from comfort to long in my den, Hut I was overcome at file spectacle of all this lump- moo-ocâ€" â€"â€" was positively wind with timidity. and tuned to: the Count very much in the {rune of being of a petitioner from the provinces who has chained audience of some powerful Minister. And lit in on mtmlnmbcr. The door opened, “an?“ adminion to a young mobout‘ so, nchuuxing coinsurance. Ho waived [he in die {unison ml out amiable [nub net. I nude An effort to mover my calm. an. and I'm commencing my compliment: a l mighhor. when he mticipotodmby Moll toningmethnl uhould ha weL cum to ‘ hum while hammers. We and much-es. The com-Mon. full 01 VOL. IX. than!“ tad nflnhility. noon mikes! “unbound-Mi . :1); page finality. “(11ka {tel my inmordiury parqu’ Mien!)- the (Datum-med. uni nun me into an THE CRACK SHOT. ILVIu's EXPLANATION. A Bar: Love's. II. â€"â€"Co.\"nxcr.h. wod-O’b- III. to show me they treated mewithout cexe‘ many as an estimable neighbor. Meantime, I wnlked about the study. looking at the books and pictures. I am not much of n connoisseur as far as pictures go, but there was one which rivetted my attention. It was a sketch of 3 Valley in Switzerland ; but it was not the merit of the landscape which struck me most. I remarked that the enn- vns was pierced by two bullets, onel evi- "‘7‘ Ha. {but was (something like a shot." I said, turning the Count. deutly aimed at the other. 1‘ I , l , n L- 44‘ n __‘L.... - ..:......l-.. -Lno “ \ cs,‘ he did, “ rather a sin lnr shot. Are you a good hand at the pisto 3" he con. tinned. “W ell, yesâ€"so- so, " Ianswered, delight- ed at the chance of spmkinz on a subject Fwfinh uh} {vibrblly ignorant of.‘ ” At thirty paces I warrant myself never to miss a canl,_alvy_ays__prqyiglyd ’I_ knqw the. pistols._" “ Really 3"laaid the Countess, with an air of profound interest. Then, addressing her husband, she added: “And you, dearestâ€" do you think you could hit. near-d at 30 paccs_‘.:" . n n "I! I AL; IVA“... u" r “ We shall see." replied the Count. “I used not to be a had shot in my day, but it is four years since I haul apistol in my hand." “ In that case, Count, I don't mind betting that, even at ‘20 paces, you're not able to hit the spot. The pistol insist: on constant practice. I know it by experience. In my regiment I passed for one of the best nun-ks- inen. It happened that once I was a. month without taking up a pistol ; mine were at the :mnorer‘s. \Ve went out for target- metiee. What do you think came to pass, ‘ount 7 I xuiSsed a bottle at five-and-twenty paces four consecutive times. \Ve had a squadron-louder in oursâ€"ajolly fellow. but a terrible joker. ‘l’hew! coinrude,’ he said. ‘ you‘re altogether too sober. You have too much respect for the bottle.’ Believe me, Count, if you don't pmetice you must rust. The best shot I ever met kept his hand in by firing his pistol every day. if it was only three shots before dinner. He would as soon fail to have his three shots as to take his nip of brandy before soup.” “And what soxt of shots use1l he to make ‘1 ’ demanded the Count “ \\ hat sort? \\ nit till 3011 l1ear.S11p- {050 he so“ a fly creeping on the wall. 011 laugh, Countess? I swear to 3011 its true. ‘Eh, liouzka, a pistol. ’ Kouzkn. brought him a. loaded pistol. I’iug ! There was the fly ll_at_t_ei_1_e(l upon the w allg " n “ Did I know him? “'0 were the best of friends. He used to mix with our corps as if he were one of ourselves. But it is a good five years since I heard any tid- ings of him. So, as it appears, he had the honor to be known to you, Count." “ Yes, known, very well known." “ Iwonder did he ever tell you a. curious story of an adventure that occurred to him once? A story about a. box in the eurho got one evening from an nninml.” ,: u,_ -..: The Count and Countess seemed to take pleasure in hearing me rattle on thus. . . . ‘ A . . . . . “ “'lmt skill. '" exclaimed the Count. “ \\ hat was your man ’3 name. "" “ Sih 10, Count. " “ Silv' 1o. "’ exclaimed the Count, springing to his feet. “ You know Silvio. "’ on?” y “ I am the person in question,” answered the Count, confused in his turn; “and the hole in that picture is a souvenir of our last interview." “No. he never mentioned it. Pardbu, Count," I cried, suspecting the fact. “ I was not gware. Am I right in thinking it was 11ml?" "ix-15;); file love of God, dear, don’t speak of it,” cried the Countess. “ It makes me shud- der still." “No,"said the-Count. “I must tell the story to this gentlenmn. He knows I had the mis- fortune to offend his friend. It is only right helfshonld learn how his friend avenged hlm- sc ." ’l‘ he Count. motioned me to an arm chair, and I listened “ith the In cllcst curiosity to the following recital - “ Five years ago I got married. I spent the honeymoon here, in this chateau. To this old building are attached recollections of the happiest hours of my life, and like- wise of one of the most fearful and nfilict- m . g“ One evening we went out riding. My ‘ wife's horse began to shy and rear; she was somewhat alarmed, and dismounted, asking me to lead him home by the bridle, while she regained the chateau on foot. At the gate I found aposbcnleehe. I was informed there was it strange gentleman in my study, who had refused to give his name, but said he wanted to see me on very serious private business. I came into this very room, and ‘in the twili ht I could distinguish a man, dust-coverei und witha. long beard. standing before the chimney. I went up to him, vniu- ly jogging my memory an to where I had seen the face before. “ ‘ You do not recognize me. Count '." he said. in n treuullous _v01ee._ “ ‘ Sihio ” I criéd; MI! I confess I could almost beliew I felt my hairs standing erect on In);l\9n_(l._ “ “Preciselyf he added. ‘ and itis my turn to five. I have come to discharge my debt. Arelyou ready ‘." “ could see a pistol {weping from his side- pockot. I stepped two \‘c Faces. and I stood there, in that corner, praying him to make haste. mnl tire before my Wife came back. He was in no hun‘y. he said : and he asked for lights. They brought him some “113(- candles. "I shut the door, ordered the servants to let nobod ' enter, and again I called to him to fir». e raised his pistol and took aim at me. ' ' ' I counted the seconds. ' ' [thought '0: hrr. ' ' ' This last. ed on» awful minute. Silvio lowered his weapon “(I am very much nunoycd,‘ he mid. ‘ that my pistol is not charged withâ€"cherry- xtoues. ' ' ‘ Abullctin hard. ° ' ‘ But I have another idea This business is more like a murder than a duel. I an not necustomml to pull trigger on an unarmed man. Let us 'n it. allover again. and draw lots {or the hrs: fire.’ 7 “My haul mruecl. A: first. I imaging, I refused. but fimfly we loaded mother to] We rolled twoacrnpa of pet, uu put them in“) we \ery pg: haul worn when I sent a bullet whining though it. I If'IiiiidihérxrxroFtell you the name of the uni- (1?" into me cap. m1 I “drew me r mfg-:1 number one. 7 > A papa "Tfififivg the dcril'n luck. Count? he aid_fith'hgrin1_ slum wimt- w*“lcumwt under-had whit power took man of me. or how be accorded in conttnimng m: but I did fire um! um bu! «ego-rip! In my pigtugc." _ nél‘oun: painful with his finger to ‘he can"- tnvencd by the pistol-shot. His {am was :- redru hot inn.» The Coppt; Maya-ck. “amnesia-10nd me ‘9" MW, THE COUNT S FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1881. IV. 1”" $1M “ My dear,’ I said,‘ can you not see that “e argjokin ! \" hata tremor you are in. ' Go, d§o glass of water. and return, “1“ introduce you to an old friend and coixlu'ule.‘ “ Mach: mistrusted me ”Tell me, is this that my husband sms true?’ she implored of the ten-iblc 91h no ‘ Is it _t_rue that y ou_ are jokiug” “ ‘ He is always joking. CZuntc-ss.’ replied Silvio. ‘Once, out of pure jest. he gave me a box on the car ; out of pure jest he planted a bullet in my cap ; out of pure jest a while ago he missed me witli his pistol. Now it is my turn to have my little laugh." “At these words he oofizred me anew under the eyes of my wife. Macha fell at his feet. “ ‘Rise. Machn! Are you not ashzuued of youlself 1" I shouted with rage. ‘And you, sir, do you wish to drive an unfortun- ate woman delirious? “'ill you fire? Yes “ ‘I do not care to, now. thank you. I am satisfied. I have enjoyed your sutfering and your weakness. I have compelled you to tire upon me. You willrecollcctme. [leave you 39 your: conscience.’ ‘ ‘I u , ,,,I _ do." ._, He made 11 step towards the door, and. halting at the threshold, he threw a quick glance at the Berforated picture. and, almost without trou ling to take aim, he fired, doubled my bullet, and walked out. My wife swooned. My domestics (lid not dare to bar his passage, but retreated before him, appalled. He reached the entrance-steps, called his postilion, and before I had time to recover my presence of mind, he had disap- peared. " The Count had told his story. Thus I learned the end of an episode. the open of which had puzzled me. I never saw the hero of it again. They say that Silvio joined the insurrection of Alexandre Ypsilan- ti. and was slain at the head of uhaud of parâ€" tisans at the disaster of Nlioulialli.“'l'ins’ry’s Jluyuzino. THE xx). ____‘oo<u.->»pâ€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Horrors of War. BOYTOS, the swimmer, is back again from Peru. In an interview published to-day he was asked : “ \Vere the I’ernvians game 2'" “Not over game. and some few of them cowards. The battle of Miraflores was the hottest kind of alight. The air was filled with bullets as with a. swarm of flies. The foreign ministers were scared almost to death. I saw Minister Christiancy running under full sails across the fields toward Lima. He was in his shirt-sleeves. It was a go ns-you~plense "race for life." “\Vords cannot paint the horrors. The' Chilians are in occupation, and they are brutal. It was a common siUht to see a squad of Chilian soldiers whecll out of the barracks followed by a few wretched, hol. low-eyed Peruvians, bareheaded and in chains, priests in their robes beside them, holding up the crucifix and offering consola- tion. At the first public square they would halt, fasten the poor devils to posts or trees, and shoot them down like dogs. Even courts- martial were ignored. I have seen the Chilian soldiers tie up the poor Peruvians in the main streets and flo r them until their backs were covered with b ood. The women, thank God! were not molested. They are very prett ', and braver than the men. They in- tense y hate the invaders, but generally kee indoors. As I left 'Lima I saw a frightfn , horrible scene. 0n the battle-field of Mira- ilores there were many deadâ€"«3,000 Chilian and 3,500 I’ernvians. The vanquished had fled; the victors were too intent on plunder and rapine to turn grave-diggers. The corpses were swollen into enormous propor- tions under the tropical sun, and emitted the foulcst odors. Something had to be done, and so the Chilians hired a lot of Chinmnen to burn the bodies. The heathen would punch holes in each dead body, pour in coal oil, and then apply fire. As I passed by the battle-field at night Isaw a blue flame issued out of each corpse, giving a still ghastlier hue to the swollen and distorted faces of the dead. 7 The horrid sight will be with me to tlef ‘3" my dying hour." New Yell»: Hm, “I was standing in \Vall street on Friday, with my overcoat on my arm, “saidabroker yesterday,” when I saw Ja Gould start to cross the street. A Bro way stage was coming down the street full tilt, and the driver was having a. hard time to manage the horses. Other vehicles were coming up, and Jay Gould, seeminglyabstraeted, started to cross between the a roachinrv teams. I did not see how he eoullfescape being crush- ed. His death seemed certain if the pole of the stage struck him. “'hat was the best thing for me to do 2‘ I thought. I spread out my overcoat and made up my mind that, if hewasknocked down and run over. I would dart out. throw my overcoat arouml his head so that nobody could see who he was, then drag him into a. h: ck basement oiliee, jump in and sell all of his stocks short by the thousand shares. It was all as clear as a photograph, and the whole scheme flashed through my mind in an instant. I moved toward him. The vehicles coming up the street blocked his way beyond a certain path, alon which came the lumbering stage with unrn y horses and dangerous pole. Jay Gould cleared the sidewalk and was about to make another step. I shook out my over coat to have it ready. As he leaned forward a passer-by, whodid not lmow him. but who ‘ I I , H, .I _..IIA.I Ll... saw the danger. grabbed him and pulled him back. The stage-coach rolled by, and Gould, then npprecimtxug his danger. shook the hand of the man who lad rescued him, uttered a word of thanks, and_ passed 9n. 1 folded up 1-1-xy oncoQt. filmed-into New street, nntf, lighting a fresh cigar. meditnu-d upon ‘the evanescence of fortune.’ Twenty cents per millimeter was the race at which a Mcissouicr was Intel soldâ€"mil- limeter being about the size of} \e haul of a pin. A great futiml celebrating the venius of Lilith 15 who be given in Ant“ erpin Septem- ber: there will glbe a week of banquets. processions, illumination. halls and con- certs. The melodiw of Schumann and Chxrin m the fnworim of the Prinmu of \V . who is a fine musician, m«!_ grhqse poetical -4-.. “How were 1111 ans in Lima when you touch. Patti n1 nhcisu poor as a newupa r corn-yam cut. and would be obliged a: E36 031 bread and cheese exec t for her salary as 3: er. mule“ not. me ore. olfanl the time to a new 'opaa. Millail humght the allow face. the re. fined .quiline none. thin buck locks. the pm. mineucc o! tlgcyndct lig. fire We {ache-d, rl‘ and woodcrfnl ey es of honl Weld. though he had but No sitting: The par- tnit u nurly profile. Charles Gounod. the compact had-or: mun“: spukling eyes. unlulnnl an! touched with m“ He ran a u.- vet “Manda fimagwiwhenhe macaw” 0”,th 'vel mmnmofyon mannhngo his hhhldheuhmhefn- Lnuflydmhmnmddw . trun- {mauoumwngeuthnoll’mt ’Q.O‘ Jay Gould Snatched From Death. ART AND DRAMATIC NOTES. gihtgvsfiows V itself in her-perfect In some intemting and graphic reminis- cences of Montreal sixty years ago, Mr. J. H. Darwin writes to the )Ioutrcal Star as follows: " What was the strangest oeeurence of that time, or rather the strangest thing that ever happened in the history of this country. was what has always been known as the ‘l’henomenon of lSlQ.’ 0n the morning of Sunday, November 8. 1819, the sun rose upon a cloudy sky. which assumed, as the light grew upon it, a strange greenish tint. varying in places to an inky darkness. After a short time the whole sky beanie ten'ibly dark, dense black clouds filling the atmos~ phere, and there followed a heavy shower of rain, which appeared to be something of the naturejof soapsuds. and was found to have deposited after settling a substance in all its qualities resembling soot. Late in the after- noon thc sky cleared to its natural aspect, and the next day was fine and frosty. On the morning of Tuesday the lOth, heavy clouds a ain covered the sky, and changed rapidly mm a deep green to a pitehy black, and‘the sun, when oecasionallv seen through them, was sometimes of a dark brown or an ‘ unearthly yellow color, and a '11 bright §orangc, am] even blood red. l‘he clouds iconstautly deepened in color and density, 1 and later on a heavy va )or seemed to descend l to the earth. and the day became almost as i dark as night, the gloom increasing and dim- Iinishing most titfully. At noon lights had ; to be burned in the courthouse, the banks, land public offices of the city. Everybody 'was more or less alarmed, and many were a the conjectures as t4. he cause of the remark- ' ahle occurence. The more sensible thought . hat immense woods or prairies were on fire somewhere to the west; others said that a great volcano must have broken out in the Province ; still others asserted that our mountain was an extinct crater about to re- sumo operations and to nmhe of the city a second Pompeii ; the superstitious ( noted an old Indian pmphecy that one do. ' the Island of Montreal was to be destroyed y an earth- quake, and some even cried that the world was about to come to an end. “About the middle of the afternoona great ' body of clouds seemed to rush suddenly over the city, and the darkness became that of night. A pause and lmsh fora moment or two succeeded, and then one of the most glaring flashes of lightning ever beheld tamed over the country, accompanied by a clap of thunder which seemed to shake the city to its foundations. Another pause fol- lowed, and then came a light shower of rain of the same soapy and sooty nature as that of two days before. After that it appeared to grow brighter, but an hour later it was as dark as ever. Another rush of clouds came, and another vivid flash of lightning, which was seen to strike the spire of the o d French parish church and to play curiously about the large iron cross at its summit be- fore descending to the ground. A moment later came the climax of the day. Every bell in the city suddenly rang out the alarm of lire, and the afi‘righted citizens rushed out from their houses into the streets and made :their way in the gloom toward the church, ‘ until Place d’Arines was crowded with people, their nerves all nnstrung by the aw- ul events of the day, gazing at, but scarce- ly daring to a preach the strange sight before them. '1‘ 1e sky above and around was as black as ink, but right in one spot in mid-air above them was the summit of the spire, with the lightning playing about it shining like a sun. Directly the great iron cross, together with the ball at its foot, fell to the ground with acrash, and was shivered to pieces. But the darkest hour comes just before the dawn. The glow above gradually subsided and died out, the people grew less fearful and returned to their homes, the real night came on, and when next morning dawned everything was bright and clear, and the world was as natural as before. The phenomenon was noticed in a greater or less degree from Quebec to Kingston, and far into the States, but Montreal seemed its centre. It has never yet been explainel .” Conflugmtions startle a man, tornadoes make him nervous, and earthquakes take his mind off his business for eight or ten minutes ;but if you want to frighten a big six- footer right out_9f his boots jus§ yell “ small- pox” at him. Not one person ill a hundred will passu small-pox sign on ahouse without taking the outer edge of the walk, and during a scare every ache and pain which grabs a man is supposed to he the forerunner of the dread disease. The other day a prominent Detroit physi- cian received a. call from [a man who :carricd an alarmed look in the corners of his eyes and who said that he come fora prescription. “ \\" t ails you '3" queried the doctor. " I 1 bad all over." “ particular symptoms '1” “ .1, I've got a hack-ache and I'm fever- ish1 ' «1 my throat is sore, and I’ve gotn pain in r j chest." Tne doctgr took a look at his tongue, felt of his pulse, and said : “I think two or three quinine pills will brace you up, and I’ll give you a gurgle for your throat.” J The man made no further rcnmrks, but after he had pocketed his prescription and got out doors he tamed around and shook his fist at the office and growled 031: 1 “ I'm roingtolmve small-pox. andI know it, and t 1e minute I begin to break out I‘ll come here and give it. to everybody around the house. clear down to your old bob-tailed Scotch terrier and cross-eyed cat !" ~~ -----â€"-<» «0-» «pâ€"â€"---â€" - A $90 Dinner. l’nrisinn gourmets are much exercised over a phenomeiml feet in dining which in their eyes surpasses the expensive feasts of Apici- us. The great feast consisted in ordering a dinner for one so expensive that it actually should cost $20. To an American this would not seem much. with its 810 wines on every hotel hill of fare. But in Paris large beta were made that no one could order and eat a 8‘20 dinner. Ono expert meeeuled, and hon-rivanta and household economist; may both he interesuxl in seeing how he did it. The bill of {are was: A dozen Mnronne oyr ten, 60 cent»; bird‘s-neat soup 83; born id'u-nvre of caviar, e29, 150 eenu; W en mime, $1.60; trutfiod 'dgqflui;umna gun, 8‘2; Cunemhen m. 50mm; grapes. 60 cents; bottle of Chateau Hunt. Bnon. 1868. $4. Chateau Lama! of 1859. 3.5-, tntal $20.60. This is comidered the most expen- aiVe aingle dinner flat has of recent you: been eaten in Paris. This contrast between the Pad-ha and our prices is very “liking. 15 @‘mfififi bl. Shams, the Finance Minister of France, who in President 0! the Monaury Commission, and who made the inn n1 upeoch, is described A: I. fine, y-loo 'ng m: with I tort 0! head w ich would go well with 3 George IV. necktie Ind uni-t» can. Balm-e hit pretty dmghur gov up with goutniaedhimheuulto culled “'14: beta Mtgnin." He is at» “:11 pnfled [uprith office. which in Image. as most nul‘cy obtain 1993:1th olfioe..An witbo in “tango. a man FEmchmwmumufl’mbly conceited,- WMor o! the: Exchequer a. . ggymllipdgidmlmpndmn Preach The Dark Day In Canada. '.z_fiil"fia}"nili“waier Br npid About Small-Pox. Dolroll Free Pres; 40>» A near view of Lisbon streets. while it dispels in a certain degree the vision-like en- § chnntment of the distant picture, brings out details of never-ceasing interest. We spend our days in long walks and drives up and down mountainous streets, that wind and l climb, crisscross, angle, [and lose them- ; selves in labyrinthine tangles, blind alleys. E or pleasant squares. We wonder alike at‘ the bizarre costumes of the lower classes, and the similarity to Americanâ€"or rather l‘ari~ ,sianâ€"styles displayed b _the more well-to~ ' do. \Ve saunter along t to (plays, and study .fishermen and Gallegos. \\ 0 look up at the balconies draped thh a bright rug or gay : shawl, at the party~colored awnings and | windows, where a beautiful face shows 9| against a dark background like a Rembrant- I csque portrait. \V e scan the attractive I windows of the goldsmiths’ shops in the Run Aurea, or jingle along in the Americana ins they christen the open street-ear, throu vh the Broadwa ' of the city, which leads to t n: Belem suburb. The people live much upon the street, and it 13 here that they are studied to the best advantage. The houses of the poor open to it, and we have a full view of the home life from the narrow side- walk. In the more elegant quarters the wistaria droops in purple festoons over the balustrades which edge the roof, while spots of rosy pink or vivid scarlet tell of blossom- in oleanders or cacti, {or the roof of one row of lenses often forms its own garden, or that of the houses upon the next terrace. These han ing gardens reminded the eccentric Bee 'ford of places of interment, ‘_‘as if the “'e floated this momil ‘dowu the '1‘ "us, the glittering panommao the city uufol ing before us. Its houses, built of cremuy marble-like stone, terraced the hill-shim. forming a stately staircase. down which Lis- bon staffed as a queen to the water’s edge. “'e con 1 not dispute her claim : whatever We coultl not dispiite her claim : whatever city may be ranked first for beauty of situa- tion, Lisbon can be classed no lower than second among all the cities of the globe. Its wonderful atmosphere bathed all with a golden glamour. The tilted fronts of the 01133, which, seen nearer, su est wh- work bed-quilts hung out to air, when back the sunshine from the glued surfaces like so many ems ; dome and’cupoln, church tows-r and pa ace facade, outlined themselves .11) graceful profile against. the sky. as exquisite : as a poet’s dream, and as unreal as some I Eta-historic le rend. “'chid not wonder that. ‘ moens nttrllmted its foundation to the - first Greek explorer who rounded the Pillars l of Hercules: i “ Ulysses. he. though fated to destroy ’ 0n Asian ground the heaven-built rowers of‘ Tm?" . 0n Europes strand. more grateful to the skim llc bade the ctenml walls of Lisbon rise." deceased inhabitants of the palace were sprouting up in the 81111 e of prickly-pears, Indian figs, gaudy holly locks, and peppery capsicums. ” y ‘in Southey’s time, they have blazed with \gt since the advent of gas; the poor cal tiles projected over the house fronts, suggesting the fluted frill of an old lad "s cap. Everywhere there was sparklin ' (:0 or i and dazzling light. Sometimes the ti es on j the fronts of the houses formed mosaics of ‘ { “iiéié and there roofs of red semi-cylindri- I l gigantic figures. vases of flowers, and Jaskets of fruits ; now and then, above some rusty lantern, which in Sonthey’s time served the aonble purpose of illuminating the streets and burning in honor of the sacred pictures above them, the tiles sha ed them- selves into Madonnas, martyrs in ames, and saints in gloryâ€"a circumstance which called from the merry poet the bon~mo(. “These saints are the most enlightened personages in Lisbon.” If the streets of Lisbon were dark saints alone remain in the obscurity ot the Dark Agesâ€"Linn: “C CHAMPNEY, in [[ur- per’s Mayraine for J unc. -â€"-â€"â€"‘N<-.~>o¢-â€"â€"-~-â€" I Honor to the Bravo. I l'unch‘ [ Mistur Punch, Sirâ€"I wright to you as I knows as ow you wont let the British army go for to be slighted ! Not you ! Look ere | sur. There wos a chap as called imself a' “speshchul” as came over to the Afghan ' wor. Is name was Archibald Forbes. And wot did 0 do? \Vy e saved a kupple of chaps lyves b ' byinding u there wounds‘ under lyre! \ '0t 0 that? l was a. sirilynn! Well now I was never under fyre in my ole life and yet 1 sports the Afghan wor meddle kevite proper ! But I am a sodger and e nrnt ! That makes all the dulTrance ! And et this chapâ€"Archibald Forbesâ€"worms the meddle two ! I never card such cheke ! And after being mentioned in dispatches twoâ€"as if that wornt enull‘ to setusli the likes ofe! But in corse the sukkatury of stait {or Injy as refused im ! Kevite proper! Stooped cove, if e wornted the meddle wy didn’t he were a red cote ‘! If e ad e'd a ad the wor meddle given im like a burd ! Wots more, for saving the lives of them coves e would ave ad a\\'ictoria kross two! llut for a sivilyun to arsk for a meddle ! Well 1 neverâ€"its dounrygllt stoopid !â€"â€"â€"l remane Mr. Punch. sur, yore all‘eshnuth frende (signed) ’l‘nmms {‘TKL“ X his mark. 1’. S. Lâ€"f nm't rcsroncxbul for the horthoglirufl‘y of the cove w l0 rut this-«cos w " knrnt wright. or spcl misc”. ‘ “ Some people think that snakes only shed 1 their skins at certain seasons of the year," said the keeper. “That's a. mistake. If they are well fed and kept right wnnn they change their coats about every eight weeks through the year.", “ Does it pain them 3" “Notnbit of it. You see the skin of a snake does not increase in size as the reptile grows, as with us. ‘Vhile the old skin is etting amaller h de recs :1 new one is arming underneat an! the other lunlly gets dry. When it in ready to shed it loosens round the lips, and the reptile ruhsiuelf against the earth orthe rock in the cage, and turns the upper over the eye and the lower part over t e throat. Then it com- !rneneea to glide around the glue emu: all the time rulibin itself against something until the entire s in is worked off. Sometimes this takes three «hiya ; occuioxmlly they vet rid of the encumbrance inn few haunt. don't believe they have a bit of intelligence. For all I feed them and care {or them, they would u lief bite me in any stranger. I can hwdle a great many of them with safety. but it's only the knack of the thingâ€"not that they won't him, but that they can”: get the chains. U» of mm. For all people, in sickness or in imlth, [unmade in 1 His drink. It con-owl bili- ornnw. p11: i! a l ‘fici Apimt was and I incom inn. nepppuu.‘ cm- ,Im the be mixed ‘wiug winter. gm! '3‘?" .1111); mod n a drink. [anon juice hunches! anti-minus remedy known. It. um. only can: the dim-ac, but. veuuil. Stile" mutt; Pduily use of it Ior this purpue. A lemon instead of up. It. .150 pmunu chx'lblum. beam in ma! in intermhwnt {even mixed with mg.“ hot Nick {at or com” without Inga my In curedby rubbing tho-é Vbhl to cure lemon. hunks-Ne. M. ”dude-troy Mmflontbehml by rubbinglhcmfiloldwhairuidn it. ~~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"lu<->«â€"â€"â€"â€".--» How the Snake Gets a New Suite. A Glimpse of Lisbon. N 0.13. 5 1m KELLY oi Itasca, .\Iinn.. xentunote ,to her lover, Sol (lreismer. with whom she lhad quarrelled. asking him to come oun 'certaiu night and clope with her. Sol was 'elated by the idea of marryin' her. partly «because he wished to triman over her 'pnrents. who hud opposed the mutth. 110 was under the window with a ladder at mid- night. b‘he came down, dressed us though for a journey, and kissed him. 'l‘heyeut ldownmtn little distuueo from the house. iond discussed the ( uestion which direction I to take. ldn was in 801‘s Inn, with one nrm thrown about his neck. when. with the dis. engaged hand, she cut his throat with n razor. Having murdered him. as she sup- posed, she nu) bath to her bed: but the wound wus not mortal. It is conjectured that she intended his death to he. nttrihuted _ to suicide, ms she wus careful to regain the t letter which had lured him. Tut; supply of water received in Roma by the qua-ducts from the Allan hill: is mig- nificent. bun it does not ascend to the top of the highest boasts. It is now pm Jed to put up work; to awomplish this em . 1mm Rumim'ms‘s {null ' numbered soma of Loni Beaconsfielxl‘: ear inst fn‘emlsi Lord Rowton. tha lute Ibrl'n Secretary. lie met first. under mater ludicrous circum- stanm at a country house. Dr. Kidd hail long been his physician and accommiul him to Berlin, and Dr. aniu‘s daughier is married to the no how of Sir Philip Rusv. long lkumnsfield‘s can] mlviwr. 01' Louis l‘hilippc‘s suns four arena“ livingâ€"the Dukes of Ncmoura. Aunulc. and Montpeusicr. and the Prince do Joim‘ille. All have sons except the Duke d‘.-\nniahs. Their nephew. the Count. de Paris. son of their eldest brother. has now but one son. the Due d'Orlonns, having lately lost his second son, Prince Jacques. The Due. d'Orlcans. a boy of H. is now heir to both the senior and junior branches of hi; house. inasmuch as in August, 1573, his father. on his visit to the Count do Chunbord at thsdorf, was declared by him tobchis political heir. The 'oun ' Duke seams to be of a. character not nu iko ‘cnolon‘s pupil. the Duke of Burgundyâ€"hwlstmng. passionate. and dillicult to nmnnge-â€"yot in judicious hands capable of being formed into a valu- able character. He may. indeed, live to make a good many pages of history. 11mm: BBIARCK. {or ulmm the di 0- lmtic cloak of his father is intended. been induced by we mmsuum of his family to nbandon the wife of him Comhth Bentham. \n'u‘ whom he ran any. Tho erring lady is in Venice. living, or hnflfir. it is said. dyiyg. in a wall 0 . AT the Cam's recent residence of (lut- chino a subterranean passage leads from his bedroom to tho stables. where a number of horses are kept saddled day and night, Sentinels are posted at intervals of twenty yards all round the huildin 1. 'l‘he imperial mil-room, which has two Windows protected at night by massive iron shutters. can only he reached from the outside bypassing through three spacious ante-chambers, in which are posted eight Cossacks armed to the teeth. The Genera on service sits in an cos' ehnir, and his Cossacks on o dirnn wlueh runs round the room. At the General's right hand is on electric up )arutus, which rings u hell in every gnnn house within the palace grounds when the Emperor is nboutbo retire to rest. Before shutting his door he removes the outer handle, so that no entrance can be ell‘ected till he himself personally opens the door from the inside. Unlike his lnto father. he cannot endure nu nrmed soldier in his bedroom. 'l‘lu: habit of opium smoking is common all over China, but it is in the cornlmrativelv unknown half of China, wast of the 110th meridian, that it is most prevalent. In some parts of western llu l’ei and eastern Szechuen it is all but universal ; there are few adults in any station of life who do not take an occasional whiff, aml the very streets of the towns and villages reek with opium fumes. The practice is there indulged in in the most open manner, and no more stigma or disgrace attaches to it than to smokin ' tobacco. Mr. \Vattcis. the British Conan ,at Iehaag, made careful inquiries last year into the origin of the practice, and he found that it had been indulged in for several lum- dred years before either the present reigning dynasty or foreign merchants and their opiums were ever dreamt of. The custom generations ago passed into the family inner", and at funerals in the west of China, among other 'ifts which are transmitted into the next word, by burning paper facsimiles I of them in this for the solace of the depart- l edI is a complete set of opium-smoking rcquisites-â€"pi e, lamp, needle, &c. By the. people the ha :it, so far from being regarded I as a curse, is looked on as a sim' quu non for : a Chinamen who wishes to make the best of ; both worlds. Anything and everything about marriage â€"its history, its cuatonni, or its eeremonieu â€"-always has an interest, especially to women, with whom it llllfl in all ages been an engrossing subject. Something new hon been discovered on thin topic among the aboriginals of Australia. who perhnpu more thoroughly repreaent the condition of nav- agery than any other on tho dobe. One of the tribes, the Kamilnros, am probably many other tribes, still retain the custom of com- inunal marriage. A man, for example, in not Wedded ton particular woman, but a group of men in one chum are thematically “'C(l( ed from birth to a group of women in anothercluns. ’l'hiuionot, as may be nup- poscd, analogous to promiscuousintemourne, and the present Image in decidedly in ad- vance of the eomnmnal system. l‘he coin- ‘ munal name iii retained in Auutralia. but imarital rights have been reutrieuxl. Com- lmunal or rroup martin e is peculiar enough i to excuse il uutrution. t in an if the citizens lof New York County and Kings county re- presented two intermarrying claim, every man here being thou theoretically the hue- band of every woman there of the name gen. eration. and, conversely. every num in King” being ostensibly the husband of every woman of his generation here. A Kingu County man would never be allowed, howurer. to wed a King» Count woman. nor a New York County woman I. ew York County man. 'l'hun the individual in entirely ignored. lie exiutn only on part of a group. ”in mar- riage in not the marriage of an individual. but of the whole tribe to which he belong». The name disregard of individuality attach” to descent. The children of a particular nmr- riage are not uimpl brotheru and niateru to one another, but t in children born of Kings County women are hrothen and niuterl to all the children in that county. Such rela- tionship in actually acknowledgml. but eun- wqucntly the men and women of the name dintriet do not and cannot intent-any. Civil- ized women may be fond of wedlock, but it in not likely that they would relilh thin pe- culiar, and. in a «nine, wholmle. arrange- ment.‘ 'l'hiu Auutralian mode of union in certainly original as well M oboriginal. -«-â€"-â€"--o«-.->«â€"â€"â€"~-~ Than 41 minus: mun It times {all 1;ch aurpa I. and our hearts and souls he often impressed with the weight and mitmmm o! Imposed duty or of unhvonhh: circum- nmwu. yet wlueu am! wrimnw ought I- no mean- m be wmidered nmynmu vi I glotmuml deupoudenc . tom the exercise of tmlhlulueu And Illness. in n high Ind two new. we are never absolved, wha- cvcrdiwoungcmcnu or wlnphfimu butt us. sznmâ€"«Amndum ortanlrnuwut is a well-khan!!! cam! “on a! mind And body. wlmiu a halthy dcgnse of amnion, uh um, innaint-ined by thejuu aqui- poiw Ind «mater-mam o! the inherent ulilia a! which ‘he mum: in unapowl. in'iuhlo taupe: or “cit-Mn tamper» men: in on. which in too highly or uncvmly strung. mad til} Haydon )s__r_0n ”aim-Ila: mm" "iAmmueu. nizud. a: 131"" um- pa. maps a W, law. I audition igwhich mutation 51km sud mindthcumulfiahhwluu m not duly a‘uillbntal. FOREIGN xenon. Queer Mnrrlngo Customs.