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SIR GUY'S WARD, A TURILLINO STORY OF LOVE AND ADVENTURE. CHAPTER XXIIl.-<CoxTm D.) " I don't imagine it. How could I < die mastery having failed ignominiously. She persists in her allegiance to her friend, ami an scarcely feel sorrow or pity for a person ' visits the Cottage regularly as ever, being horn one openly professes to ' hale ' and j even more tender that usual iu her manner 'despise,' " markedly, while ssarching her j towards Cecilia, as she recollects the nar lace anxiously with his eyes. I rowness of him who could (as *he believes) Miss Chesney pauses. A short but sharp '. without cause condemn her. And Sir Guy, battle take* place within her breat. Then I though resenting her defiance of hi* wishes, shs raises her face ind meet* hi* eyes, while and smarting under the knowledge of it. a faint sweet smile grows ithin her own : accepts defeat humbly, and never again re- impelled half by a feeling of coquetry, half 'ers to the subject of the widow, which by a lesire to atone, she lets the ringers he i henceforth is a tabooed one between them. has still i-nprisoned close with the dsmtiesl i Soon after th ; s, indeed, an event occurs pressure upon his. ' that pui* an end to all reason why Lilian ' Psrhaps," she whiipers, leaning a little ' 'hould not be as friendly with Mrs. Ar toward* him, and raising her lip* very cloee to hi* cheek a* though afraid of being heard lington a* she may choose. One afternoon, moet unexpectedly, Colonel Trant. coming by the intrusive wind, " perhap* I 3id not 'o Cnetwoode. demand* a private interview quite mean that either.'' I with Sir Ouy. Some fain' breath* of the Then, teeing how hi* whole expression icandal that o cloeely and dishonorably change* and brighten*, *he half regrets her | connect* hi* name with Cecilia'* have tender speech, and aay* m*tantly, in her , reached hi* ear*, and, knowing of her en- moet un*entimental fathion, ! argument with Cyril, he ha* hastened to " Pray, Sir Ciuy, are you going to make your hone walk all the way home? Can you not pity the eon ow* of a poor little ward ? I am absolutely frozen : do Itir him np, lazy fellow, or I shall get out and run. Surely it i* too late in the year for noctur- nal rambles," " If my life depended upon it, I don't be- lieve I could make him go a bit falter," re- turn* he, telling hi* lie unbluihingly. _ " I forgot you were disabled," lay* Mi** Chelwoode to clear her in the eye* ot it* world. Without apology, he treaU Guy to a sue- cinct and studied account of Cecilia'* his- tory, tell* of all her *orrow*, and gentle forbearance, and innocence 10 falsely be- trayed, nor even conceal* from him hi* own deep love for her, and bin two rejection*, but make* no mention of Cyril throughout the interview. t.uv, a* he listen*, grow* remorseful, and on the contrary, appear* up, and faded, and, though Cheeney, demurely, letting her long laihe* I full of self-reproach, more, perhaps, for droop until they partially (but only par- the injustu-e done to hi* friend in hi* tially) conceal her eye* from her guardian, j thought*, than for all the harsh word* used " How remiu I am ! When one has only ' toward* Mrs. Arlington, though hs is too only got the use of one hand, one ran do so little ; perhap*" preparing to withdraw her fin- gers slowly, lingering!)- from hi*" If I were to reitore you both your*, you might be able to pennade that horse to take us home before morning." " ' '' 7 OU wl " g |v yourself no trouble oo r y account," says Guy, hastily : " I don't wnl anything rnlored. And if you are i '\y annotu to get 'home ' with a pleas- ed .1 .' grateful smile, I feel sure 1 shall be clean-bred not to regret that also. He still shrinks from all idea of CeciU as a wife for Cyril. The daughter of a man who, though of good birth, was too sharp in his dealing* for decent society, and the wife of s man who, though rich in worldly goods, had no pretensions to be a gentleman at all, could certainly be no mate for a Chelwoode. A women of no social standing whatsoever, with j lumahly only a pretty face for a dowry, Cyril must be. mad to dream of abls lo manage this slow brute single-hand- 1 her ! For him, Ouy, want of fortune need ed. " not signify ; but for Cyril, with his ex pen- So at, . jg, he touches up the good animal in < | umiioti rather smartly, which so aston- ishes the willing creature thai he takes lo bis heels, and never draws breath until he pulls up oefore the hall door at Chelwoode " Parkins, gel as some supper in the lib- rary," says Sir Gay, addressing the ancient butler as he enters : " the drive has given Misi Chesney and me an appetite." " Yes, Sir Guy, directly," says I'srkms, and, going down*lair* to Ins other servants, Eves it as his opinion that " Sir (iuy and iss Chesney are going to make a match of it For when two couple*," *ay* Mr. I'sr- kins, who is at all time* rather dim about an exact meaning of hi* sentences " when two couples take* to eating '"I a let, it ia all up with 'cm. Whereupon cook say* " Lor !" which ia hsr usual txpletive and mean* anything and everything ; and Jane, the upper housemaid, who has a weaknees for old I'aik.ns's say ings, tells him with a flaltsring smile that he i* "dreadful knowin'. " Meantime, Sir Uuy having ascertained that Miss Kcauchamp ha* gone to her room ! lown - and that hi* mother I* better, and aileep ' to * hli forgiveness for the wrong he has not signify ; but for Cyril, with his expen sive habits, to think of settling clown witha wife ou nine hundred a year is simply folly. And then Cyril's brother thinks with re- gret of a certain Laly Fanny hUpleton, wh->, it is a notorious fact, might be had by Cyril for the asking Guy himself, it may I* remarked, would not have Lady Fanny at any price, shr being nther wanting in the matter of nose and neck ; but younger brothers have no right to cultivate fastidious taste*, and her inubby ladyihip has a great admiration for Cyril, and a fabulous for- tune. All the time Trant U singing Cecilia's Oh. how soon, how soon, do lamentations for our silent dead ! W nun all is told, old Father Chriitmaa U it mighty humbug ; so I say tnd think, but I would not have you agree with me. For give me this unorthodox sentiment, and let us return to our lamb ! Archibald has returned to Chetwoode has Taffy. '1 he latter is looking bigger, fuller, and, as Mrs. Tipping say, examin- ing him through her spectacles with a criticising air. " more the man." to his in- tense disgust. Ue embrace* Lilian and Lady Chetwoode, (and very nearly Misx lieauchamp, on his arrival, in ths ember ance of his joy at finding himself once more within their doors, ana is welcomed with effusion by every individual member of the household. Archibald, rather done , evidently happy at being again in his old luarters, still keems al at heart, and dis- on ton ted. He follow* Lilian'* movement* in a very melancholy fashion, and herself *Uo, until t become* apparent to every one that hi* lepresaion arise* from hi* increasing in- atuation for her ; while ihe, to do her uitice, hardly pretend* to encourage him at all. He lives in contemplation of her lanty ani her saucy ways, and is un- mistakably distrait when circumstances call her from hi* light. In hi* case " absence" has indeed made lie heart grow fonder, as he is, if possible, more imbecile about her now than when he eft, and, after struggling with his feeling* or a few days, finally makei up hi* mind to tempt fortune again, and lay himself and posaeaiion* at hi* idol's feet. 4 It is the wettest of wet days ; agiinst the window-pane the sugry rain-drops are fling lag themselves madly, as though desirous of entering and rendering more dismal ths room within which happens to be the library. Sir Guy is standing at the bow-window, gazing disconsolately upon the burred scene outside. Cyril is lAunging in an essy-chair with a magazine before him making a very creditable attempt at reading. Archibald! and TslTy are indulging in a mild bet as to wbicli occupant of the room will make the first remark. Lady Chetwoode ii knitting her one hun- dred and twenty-fourth sock lor the year. Lilian is dreaming with her eyes fixed upon the fire. The inestimable Florence (need I say it ?) is smothered in c'ewel wools, and i* putting a rose colored eye into her already quite too fearful parrot. I wonder what we shall do all day," says Guy, suddenly, in tones of ths deepest melancholy. Whereupon Taffy, who ha* been betting on Cyril, and Chesney, who has been laying on Lilian, are naturally, though secretly, indignant. " Just what we hare been doing all the rest of the day, nothing !" replies Lilian, lazily : " could anything be more desir- able '" " I hope it Till be fine tx> morrow," eayi Mr. Musgrave, in an aggrieved voice. "But "Forgive me, Florence, I must go or suf- focate," says Ouy, refusing to be warned, or to accept Miss Beauchainp'sdelicate bint: and together he and Musgrave slly forth to inspect the stable*, while Lilian and Archibald retire to the billiard room. (TO UK ' "Ml'.l I>- ) Ttaese are 1 1 inf. ef Teeee. review in New York the Montreal Star to moralise a little on the effect this event wil| The great naval harbor has caused praises, Guy i* secretly sighing over Lady | '' won't. I shouldn't wonder, juit because have on the peace of the nations. The Star thinks thai the spectacle of the wr ships of Europe 'raternuing under the flag of a nation whose boast it is that it neede no large armament, i* a curious bit of evidence tending to show how fully the orlil is at peace. A war scare i* an un- failing source of emolument to ths special correspondents of th old world capitals, but the genuine indication* of the trend of the time* point with greater unanimity than may be thought toward continued peace. There i* alway* the possibility that i stray spark may drop into some odd cor- ner of the many powder me gamines of the world, bat this will be an accident and not the result as it has been soof ten in the past of deliberateporposje. Statesmen, of course, do not drill, support and equip armies to (row cabbages. They are intended to fight, i there is any fighting to be done. But here are no sign* to be seen at present of any European vrar lord *ndeaoring to broe a quarrel upon another people. Nor s there any reason for charging that this a but " idle seeming. " One need not go very far back in the history of the world to find cases in which governments have de- iberately and with malice aforethought compelled other* to go to war. A nation may become obviously aggressive and eren insolent ; and in so doing present* a spec- tacle very different from that which the ob server will now find in Europe. Russia, with a deadly famine in her vitals and an empty war chest, is not moving Balkans or threatening down upon the the roof of the world" in Pamir. It ha* been a long time inre Russia has been so quiet ; and if the speech of the young Czarowitz the other day means anything, the Bear is becoming doubtful of the wisdom ot his alliance with com SJIJB ,-, , UK " tr*i-e4sm.s.es)Wn th.i Mit-tsi a** iirrsi Mlawel far * eee.eev George E. Webber, Jr., for the past seven years superintendent of the El CaJlado gold mine, situated soms 403 miles abwve the mouth of the Orinoco Rirer in southeastern Venezuela and thirty miles inland, arrived in San Francisco a few days ago, and next week departs for tne South African cold fields ai an expert for the Rothschilds of London to examine into and report apon the prospects in the Transvaal. The story told by Mr. Webber about the discovery of El Collmdo and its extraordin- ary gold output would seem like a page from the "Arabian Nights" if it had not been fortified by facts. In I86S some Jamaica negroes hearing some stories about gold to be found on the big river on the South American coast sailed over to the Orinoco, ascended it, and stopped near where some native* and American* were "placering." They worked inland and soon acquired a* Bach information about placer diggings a* the rest of the miners, and gradually, when it became known te them that the formation was quarts, ot 'ay with machetes through toe quite and chapparal until they found the cropping* of a ledg- prolific in gold. It was not more than forty feet long and from eighteen to twenty-four inches wide, but was so rich in sparkling gold that it assay- ed f:i dollars to th* pound. Much of this ore on the surface went up into the thou- sands, but was worked in a rude and im- perfect way. The Jamaicans divided the territory among themselves into numerous ittle companies, and when the extraordin- ary yield of their work went down to the traders on the river they called the soarcsj Tom which it came El Callado the mys- erioua. In that way the camp became known to the rest of the world. The unexampled prosperity of the negroes brought trouble not only on them- selves but on the authorities, and the Pre- fect of the district finally compelled them to sell out their claim* to a number of ( orsican traders several hundred miles on the river below. The Corsicans were men of superior intelligence, bat knew nothing about the France again*! the I>reibun4. and i* inclined | mining business, and it cost them when they to get on friendlier terms with tiermany. "-> Fannie and her comfortable thousands, and is wishing the cottage had been knocked into fine dust before Mrs. Arlington had ex- pressed a de*i re to reside there. Nevertheless he is very gentle in his man- ner towards hi* former colonel all ths day, (pending with him every minute he itayi, and going with him to the railway-station when al night he decides on reluming to he knows he would like the meet i* to be at Bellain, and one alway* nuts in luch a good day there. " " I haven't got enough plu -k to think of to-morrow,' 1 say* (iuy, still melancholy ; " to-day engrosses all my thoughts. What is to become of us ?' " Let u* get up a spelling-bee," says Miss Beauchamp, with cheerful alacrity ; "ihey Should Ihi* prove to be the object of the address in question, it will mark a long step toward permanent peace. The Orel bund, with Russia a> a friendly ally, would be too strong for France te venture apon an attempt to wrest " the losl provinces ' from its leading member, rule Russia would be restrained from running any risk of war with England by her new friends of the Tripple Alliance, who would be very loth, ndeed, to drive Britain and France into an alliance. Apart from this, however, tbs clouds are fast breaking over the danger- ous storm centre in Kurope Alsace and Lorraine. Both Francs and Germany hare other things to think of. The Panama scandals and the peril that they earned so near to ths feet of many public men besides tboee they have engulfed have kept the French leaders too busy saving ths Republic and themselves for many thoughts of revenge to disturb them. Then in Germany the bill to inci are so amusing. Oh, don't ! pi* Miss Beauchamp, don't, "entreats Taffy, tearfully, "unless he and ,'ilian'repa'ir to theTib'raVyT wherVa i dnn hlm ' hi thoughta.but hardly thinks you want to disgrace me enter.ally. I can't .. _._ i-_. . 1.1 L;_. L..__ k__ _..n,.. 4. spell anything ; and even if I could, the cosy supper i* awaiting them, and a cheer- ful fire nurnintf. Now that they are again in doors, out of the friendly darkness, with the lull light of several lamp* upon them, a second edition of their early restraint milder, perhap*, but itill oppressive most unaccountably falls between them. Silently, and very gently, but somewhat distantly, he unfolds the plaid from round it wisdom to let him know how ards him he has been. Cyril, persuaded, will never betray him guilty he i* f to- fully and he shrink* from confessing what would prob- ably only cause pain and create an eternal breach between them. However, Ins conscience so far smites him that he does still farther penance towards the close of the evening. Meeting ( 'yril on his way to dress just her slight tiguse, and, drawing a chair for I before d '<>>r. he stop. him. u.. *,. !. *i.i_ ._ i u _. _ i : i ' It vnt: will s\i>nr>rst. s\n nr " lf >! ol; wi " >*>? n Pl8y lrm me *o l ' the day." he says, "1 will now her to the table, seats himself at a decided distance. Then he asks her with exemplary . - , politeness what shs will have, and she an- I * r 5"> u one ' or wh * t ' *"' * A r'. ln swers him : then he helps her, and then he helpe himself ; and then they both wonder secretly whst the other is going tjsay next. But Lilian, who is fighting with a wild ii.K iierii compelled, oy | .: --- all day her usual good C y rl1 - heartily, and making a filial effort at ! " h ni1 ''K" 1 '? ." desire for laughter, and who is in her airiest mood, through having been compelled, by pride, to suppress spirits, decides on maing breaking down the barrier between them. Raising the glass of wine besid* her she ii.n.-hrs it lightly with her lips, and says, gsyly, "Co me. fill, and pledge me, Sir i.ny. Hut iay ; liml let me give you a little <|ntalin that I hope will fall as a drop of r into your cup and chose that nasty iii'l< IIPV. n from your I. row. Have I your l-a\e to speak '' with a suspicion of coquet- i y in lur manner. Cliet wood's handsome lips part in a pleated smile: he turn* his face gladly, willirijly, to her*. "Uliy do you ask permission of your slave, O ijiirrn nf Hmrls?" he answers, .idly, cat< lung the infection of her guyely. II . i..-ili\i lit-r with unche<-krd an<! grow- Imiration, hi* whole heart In hi* eye*; ii llmg Inn-self, as IIP ha* told himself a ilioumnl time* before, th.u to-night she is k'lig hnr f.iirest. ll"i check* are ftusliaUJrom her late drive, i. u- or two |(llV^Pf- gohlrn love- |rx-k> have Iwn <hu, n l,y il,. i.,us.'< win. I ti.nii llifir nalur.il resting place, onJ now lie in grjoniis disorder nn her ulutc i-.i,. i: her lustrous sapphire eyeism gleam- ing upon him, full of uusiilini><l Uughtsr; her h|>" ara parted, showing all the small even teeth within. She (loops lownrds him, and, clinking her gla* against his with thn prottiest show of , whispers, ftl\ 'i- fir lm|>p> linf ilier ' " I _! Imr '" repeat* Guy, unsteadily, losing his hrad, an-l nmng abruptly from his scat a> though t go to her. She half rises also, seiiously fright. ..... .1 al the nnei BMtedirW- ..( hrr mud weirds. Whikt Is he goliiK to say ti. her' What folly ur I .. i .u t.> repeat that n.lieuloiis line ? i. lea of l! ght lias juit limntnrrnsn her mm. I, lint n..i nine to bo acted upon, when the .I...T IllhrowtsopaBstddsoJy, ,,nd Cyril, ' > 'it i. J 111 ,,,,! (,'.,,,, I,,, dim 'i ...... r nn; |i itslly, . ulllf* to ' I \ITI.K X \IV. 'lull r.,..,, .,l,cin ..uillf knu.'k in lm>. i:, I Nil It, .n. ' I' i""'" ">K Hint Lilian gains i one s >iiury attempt ' rged The ton some time since. Trant ha* told m* all the truth. I wronged her grossly, al- though" with a faint touch of bitterness " when I lied abont her, I did so uncon- sciously." 't say another word, old man," say* ' much gratified, laying pon hi* shoulder "I knew you would discover your mistake in time. I confess al ihe moment it vexed me you should lend yourself lo the spreading of such an absurd report." " Ve, I was wiong. " Then, with some hesitation, "Still there was an excuse for me. We knew nothing of her. Wo know nc thing still that we can care to know." " How you worry yourself !" say* Cyril, with \ careless shrug, letting his hand, however, drop from lur brother's shoulder, as he fully understands the drift of his conversation. "Why cin't you let things lida as I do" It in no en. I a better plan.' "I am only thinking of u remark you made a long time an," repli s (iuy, with a Inngh, partially deceived liy Cyril's irulilTer- manner : "shall I rein. ml \ mi of il? Siiinivel, Samtvel, my son, never many a wi.lder.' " niAI'TKi: \\V. "llrl. How h|ipv mime, o'er olhor ome can bo!" inimrr Might's Dream , It i* very close on Christmas ; anil her week will bring in the t went) tilth ,.t Deoomher, with all it* alxur.l affectation of merriment and lighl-hetrte.lm . Is any one, except a child, ever real!\ h ippv at Chrislin&s, I wonder ? U it i hen .me win. , lioo.x to forget the loved .mi losl ? to thrust out of sight ths regrets that g.i.i.l and Inirn ? Nay, rather, I* not then urn hearts M. ...I nmst freely, while our eye* grow .Inn with useless tears, and great sor- row that touches on despair falls upon u* a* we look .ipon the vacant seat and grow nek with longing for the " day* that at* no Surely it i* then we learn how vsin is our determination to forget those niioUiiinn one* ( who cannot hy voice or touch .leman.l attenti The haunting fa.-e, thn full of youth ami hrauty wo* all the wcrlil to in, risen from its . hill ahron.l and .1 .. us to l.i- l> ,|.|.\ I he pour eyes, on sweet, *o full of uayenl lur^I'ler, now c|.w el and mule forever, gieam upon us, |>.-i i lunue across tho flowers and fruit, , in, I checking ths living smils upon .mr lip*, ask us reproachfully how is II with us, thai u. .an MI ,|in. M\ hut from them the luoienf our hearts, alter all our passionate protests, our vows ever u> reuioihr. very fact of having a word hurled at my head would make me forget all about it, even were it an old acquaintance." " But my dear fellow," say* Cyril, laying down In* " Temple Bar," with the air of a man prepared to argue until he and hi* ad- versary sre black in the face, " that is ths fun of the whole matter. If you spelled well you should be looked upon as a swindler. The (ireater mistakes you make, the more delighted we shall be ; and if you could only succeed like that man in ' Caste' in spelling the army in spite of the anxious inpport given it by th* Emperor and the powerful influence of th* Chancellcr, ia now practi- cally certain to be rejected by the voice of the people. Ths peasantry are beginning to understand lhal war is a game in which they supply the men and the money while other* get the glory ; hence their disposition to call "time. Italy U wearing her life out triiag to sustain an army several sixes too large for her, and >h* must soon give up took charge of the mines (300 a ton to ex- tract and work ore, which in California or on the Com* took would not coat more than $6 a ton. Notwithstanding this and the fact that in 1MO-02 all of the machinery to work ths mines casne from Mexico, operat- ed by arastras, ths rough method which literally means "dragged around in misery" the mines yielded enormously and up to 1S70 produced $1.1,000,000, the great bulk of which was pure profit. The phenomenal yield si* the mine in 1876 attracted the attention of ths Rotbe- lailds. The great financiers sent tne California expert, Hamilton Smith, who fro n 1868 to 1376 had been superintendent of the North Bloomfield, to negotiate for the purchase ~ol the mine. Mr. Smith offered, on behalf of the Rothschilds, $2,000.000 for the mine. The offer was refused, because the owners be- lieved they could find another bonanza lower down. The same year the offer was refus- ed the mine turned oat $3,000,000 ia gold In IS73 Mr. Smith, after a trip to Londou. came back and offered $3,000.000 for it, which wis again refused, and that year the mine turned out $5/00,000, one half of which was profit. It is said by gentlemen familiar with min- ing operations that Mr. Smith mads re- port after that to the effect that the mine was petering out, and no further negotia- tions for the sale of the mine were attempt- *d, but certainly Mr. Smith mads a third old days ; and yet these two greal English- speaking nations have referred the matter to a court, just a* two disagreeing citizen* would engage counsel and go heforsa judge. All these phase* of th* situation are fvor- - able lo peace ; and th* fathering of th* character with a K. we should give you two j , roooUdl \ n N . w Yo rk haVbor may fairly or three round, of applause. People never , ^ r d .j b tim ,. u a llr . w y t lo. UD J get up spelling beoa to hear good spelling : ' ..:.i. 7i _;_ f , ., the discomfiture ot iheir neighbors is wh.l w " ""> wlnd ' ts. __ _ _ _ the UsV. 'ThenthVmeitingoithe'filhrtnSj* 114 * ccessl attempt to purchase the Sea arbitration in Paris i* not without eig- property in 13, paying for it a round $3,- nificance. There lie* in this dispute tinder 1 0,)X). The mine up to that time bad pro- enough to have started a dozen wars in the duoej l*,00,OGa The Rothschilds in- corporated the institution at f-,UOU,l100, amuse* them mosl. mm. I T" " Tremendouily. my.'t-lf upon yoiir Have I relieved your Nevertheless, I tender mercies. fling Miss Beauchamp, and don't let us go in for spell- ing. " " Then let us have a historical bee," sub- tit u ten Florence, amiably ; shs i* alway* tender where Taffy i* concerned. The very thing declare* Cyril, getting. np an expression of th* strongest hope. Perhaps, if you do, I shall get answers to two or three important question* that have Iwen tormenting mr for year*. For in- i*n.-, I want to know whether th* 'gossips bowl* we read of was mad* of \\ edgewood or Worcester, and why our ancestors were so uncomfortable a* to take their tea out of 'dishe*. 1 It must have got very cold, don't you think* to say nothing al all of the inconvenience of being DbllMd >> lift i*. tu one's lips with hands." both It didn't mean an actual 'dish,' " re- plies Florence, forgetting thn parrot's rosy i, ].',, for a moment, in her deiire to correct hi* ignorance: "it wa* merely a tern for what wo now call i np. ' " No, was it!" say* Cyril, with an affec- tation of intense astonishment: whereupon they all lau^h. ,\nn of tea," says Lidy Chetwoode, " I wonder wl.ere it m. Tally, n'.y dear, \\ill MIII ring the Iwll'" Tea ia brought, tea i* consumed; but still the rain rains on, and their spirit* are at /.ero. I shall go out, 'hail, rain, or ahine,' *ay* Cyril, upringing to his feet with siiildcii desperation. So *hall 1," ilolar*i Guy, "to the atables. Taffy, will yon com* nrith me?" " As nobody wants me," fays Lilian: " I shall make a point ol wanting somebody. Ai.lne, come and have <a game of billiard* with me before dintrer. " " My dear Guv, does it Dot still rain very hard?" protests Florence, anxiously, mr In terSMBJ. Germany, the laml of scholars, the home of the university, is slowly, and indeed un- willicgly, awakening to the fact that wom- en have some capabilities and aspirmtiohs beyond those exercised in ihe economy of rearing German soldier* for the Kaiser and superintending the cooking for hi* subject*. The concurrence of opinion is (till that wom- en should have no ambition beyond this destiny appointed by fate and honored by tradition. A (ierrnan wife sail that the German lever will die for yon before mar- riage. After ths knot il tied he will have you clean his boots for him if hs is poor. If he is rich he expects you to do the sams me.ilally, and education beyond that which enables you to b* his servant lessen* your value as a wife. But, despite popular sen- timent, there is to be established this year the first girls'univeraity college in thecinii- try, wheee girl* may prepare for university work as the boy* ar prepared in their col- lege*. The suroesi of this Institution, which is uiuUr the charge of a society kniiwn as trr< "Frauenlnldunge Reform and the slock was placed exclusively on the London Stock Exchange and the Paris Bourse. In the intervening ten years the mine has produced $7,000,000. How much of that yield has been profit it is difficult to ascertain, but considering the fact that much improvement was made on the old style of operating the mine and the accessi- bility to the ore, there necessarily accrued a large profit to ths owner*. It was not like delving below the es.th's surface _',- MM or 3.000 feet like on t'.e Comstock. aWsaeeraey ! >.!.. .111... Many people have maintained that dem-H-racy has been the result of education. But, if the word is used in it* ordinary sense, these people are wrong. Education ordinarily i* used to mean general knowl- edge and cultivation, with sharpened pow- ess of reasoning, and increased capacity for entertaining and being moved by ideas. But when e speak of political knowledge in this connection, we mean knowledge in an extremely limited sense, having noth- ing to do with ideas, and little with elabor- ate reasoning. We mean merely knowl- edge of contemporary public event* : and if the daily diffusion of thi* deserves the name of education, education has done more not lees than its apostle* are accustomed to claim for it. Whereas steam mad* democ- racy a possibility, the newspaper made it a necessity. Any human being m posses- sion of his seases inevitably thinks about protests " Very,' laughing. ' Von will get wet, anxiously, with increasing anxiety, and a tender glance cleverly di- " Uei' he will get. drenched," exclaims t yiil; "lie will priiuably get his death of col. I, nii'i dieof inflammation of the lungs. Il in ho: i ihle to think of it! Guy, be wmne I. K-noe's invitation to stay her* null her, and l> happy and <!ry. A* sure a* you go out to day, you may prepare to shed tl i mortal coil." Vereia," is of special interest to Ameri.-au | anything that i* bronghl immediately at uilenta, for oi' of ths strongest arguments i under hi* notice. He think* about urged against opening the (lerman uni- versities lo women ha* ever lieen that women were not prepared for the university and could not pass the examinations for ailinitt.iiice. According to C.ermaii law, beween the age* of IL' and 17 iiuxr.l classes could not be established, and, a* th* girl* had no preparatory schools of their own, anil might not' enter those for boys, the universities seemed safe from innovation through all time. But this association of women, whose ouc great aim is the opening of universities to women, are clever enough to outwit even the learned obstinate direc- tors in the university, and are determined that the daughters of th* fatherland shall enjoy their inheritance of the intellectual wealth for which th* German Empire is renowned. Ool.t i-an be beaten l,.vn time* thinner than nt .linary printing paper : one oun-e can lie made to cover 1,460 square feet. The *ponge i* an animal It will shrink from rhe hand which tries to seixe it, ami if viewed under a len my !. necn tantly drawing in water through the in- numerable cansls which form in ligeslive orsrajtl, and hnvina ooeiumud tlie minute MilmaU'iil.i in the fluid, ejecting u again th rough some other ohauuel. a mouse if it runs undsr t is eyes scree* his breakfast-table. In the same way, when the people of this country Iwgan to have the event* of each day not only offered to their notice, bat actually thrust upon it, they naturally began to think about them, whether they wished to do so or not ; it was impossible to think about them with- out funning opinions, and it was impossible to form opi on* without discussing them. In this way was generated what i* now called public opinion, and public opinion i* democracy in it* course, whether public not, may depend on the amount af education which ihe public happen to possess ; but it was not education that gave rise to it, It arose limply from the natural, the inevit- able workings of ths common human facul- ties ; and ths masse* began to interest themselves in the government of Ihe coun- try, not because they recognised they had any glorious right lo do to, hut far the plain an.l homely reason that they could not licin d| ig so. nebular stage. Of opinion is sound or The shark can not seise Its jty without turning on its back In Northern Siberia the groajsd is frosen to a depth of tK)0 feet, ~