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 'ffioult tl poUiea ia «0. or -rjent's;: n; tlianka t« il« i U,.i T^^\ )ALE Slir yirUilt ftaiiiri 18 PCU.IBKKB KBY FRIDAY MOBNINQ In time to meet the eirty ms'U otnitii,the UteatF.ir«i/ii miI Proviroi*' Lockl laMilgMoc*, Coanty Buaiae-n. tccL'n.y. 1.25 ia .-dTjoea, fl M i. U"** uot pud till and o! tl-* J*"' lb- Ko (••- diS.oouiiaed until*" »r«»f«t«f â- " id. except at the oi.tio" ' ' 'I".? »""" *1^ if pertiea nin^ian P»l^' • irithuat c;;v •â- ' J latreiiaj;e and ht-ga t« L-d to tnpily liuo a« of Toronto,! n receii't of ordei^ POULTRy their Season. cements chasers to I wid â-º Seld r«.po»""'" [«""• •," tl,ey comply with the rule.. ;*^_ ,r.»»«rd to the Editor moat port- paid, otbeiwiee they m«y not be RATES OF ADVEETKINO I oniuoiD, one ear $60 00 d« d.; 30 00 do do 18 00 Kt do do 10 eo Ida .U 4 60 linea and ander, tint ioaertion. BO Kach (ubstqacnt inaertion 15 Bm aiN to ten linef, firat insertion. 75 Each aab»i.|ueut inw rtion 26 ten liLe», first inaertion per line 8 Each tnl)f eijui nt insf rtlon 2 liumber of line* to be re«koned by ai'ace otcupi'd m«»8ured by a aeale of brevier. Advertiaementa without â- itic direct^oDii will l^e publishrd till for- I anl cbargfil accordingly. All transitory Brtisemeotn must be in thu offi':« of pub- ion by 11 o'clock on tbe Thatalay roing preceding their pablicatioD, C. W. RUTLEIXJE, Prcprietor. 11 srcttt, opf isit^j fl f.^TTat CaV Slicep • •x f.r ).;i«t favorn h« '.!"â- â€¢â€¢. »'• •â- â€¢â€¢infants te f y.ul -11) â- , 'rt. 1-.. S.MMLANT. 1--" 1 i-iillivan, r-»»««» sj!" atr^igiitway m _^ thiy H on foaad ikn' i;ly »ii idea, a phMo* I tliii Hurlil, shurt a( t^ id i'iii"'dic-d in [irieliai H ia till' L'rcat aad k^ Aw' A^^ a^.ii„st coMliti ill 1 • iiiifrMcicsUi ii'li ;iii'i imrtiirm tiM^ i,s|l •. â- 'â-  b u:som, 'i'i II.: of mobs, .â- ULi^iMPH of FoBiHi uit, lili !â-  iHilitlcal I ;iiiti. l|i.lti-il. Yot,"io 1.. Il.'t ill.llic priQcijpir 111 til" iiiuii who eailj |i li' cl iii:U tu admii ' d i-y fl- i-HiicoWWy \\\ .â-  ;hir •' a moat .r ^.Tiiiiicnl, but iiltiil' I li' "OX popuU ,u â- iK'l'oU iVH the vat iji' I il. I. Ill rij^u: li ic i.t t'l" Kruuch Klin- U "li'inune, II »'• liriJ.;iilinmii I I'Vuliiil :ii the I- i i^liUiura Whiii'i"" we uy ii .1 we fear, till I' ' tuconie, â- rill "1 .;"'\c! iinicnt, b it li I jiiuy securit) itativi' nil II shall be iiiij iits "f ilic ekctoti I ',ii^|i' "I tu uXL'fcise Till- â- - why republics, i.U' |it tlio.'io which, â-  it -I'liii-i'iimatose ti'ii-l l iiliiniately H...114I1 it may yi t .w'.irc uot surely lii 1 'â-  ' dcut lu itt'Ki ri-|'ulilic8 will, by iiiii|ile 1.1 llii'ir predccti ii.'iiix l\.' a kin;;. Ki roiii ih" i..ituio III its t oi tin- I'xami'lo I'f .«,.l IW rttil SUtes .1 iii;t arj»'» »lio, 1 (ltl'»»»v • lill»ll«t «t»« rv. tit bii I'ountrymeD, •Will 111 t cmiilc to vr thus |il;iL"i! m hu y.i. II V o 14 lu bire Ml* liir M ht'll I ihi' »ir?'.»' " lu a Im" .L.L HORTS. ciiil I Ii.iii^mI. liri'tijiM who I it i~ ti (.I'liit. 1 I » 11 I nur «' i^'.i* li.d. .. ||«^ !•' ' ' l t in thst till ilpt 1 • «b, no!' .pii.^ Ii-liii-i, "he was" i III llii 'lalooii.^' • 11 |M- .) AVw* ^almly 1 t wotji niaik 113 .lay that" iii.t M llii'ii'iil ' ' meet imii,' itc, ill" ';nl of il xix months of tK«_ ii| were i'L-i{isti red in • â- rlliy, and wire in il Imii liriict'idiiig V «• re ]r vi-iit_i'd Iroin sf It. l',..' 1 11 .1 •â-  I'u; "♦" ' waK tlii.'M!! iutu the «.i'rin.-in. Mr reatl ths I •' \,11, dond pnti ,. IVv iiiiiHt i..iy der .Icl sanie .»â- â€¢Â» ' ite mai cr's vi' -i;! â-  1 aj 'i,.us for I'naking dial II aslefp 111 I'liurch. t â- ,ll.ow luilackily ovei I'll, I" ihv ainiisiment 01 jK-rs, sill' iile voiii. heard to .tiiither bo« ;o :t n«« â- ihU. a oi It. irsion r;iilrt;iy waa lli-lil.iader ml loii::lit a ti TIh' ti:iin wai Editors. ICTS mOM A SPEKfH riELIVKREIi BT CHARI.I' ^^. rREEMAV TO THK ASNOAL MUrTI.NIl .OF THK SKW VOKK I'KltSH *» HOCIATION AT TKOV. torn arc bini, not made. Yon cannot them up ID h»'ai/8 a» you can do doc- or lawyers, or clerjsymen. There is •ill ge wberc lli-iy are tajght. There if niuulum for tliein to study. There no profi saors of iiews|a(icrj. There are diplomas an'l th.re .ire no degre- s for an r. Perhai* I shuull say that none of ordinary scii' oN m which other profes are taught, an-iwer for the newspa The b St xch. o! is tne priotiug i,ffi :c. V St teach' r ii t";e click of the type, the atmoHi^h- r.; if the oompoaing-room. tact of an eilitor cunnot h' taught in an emy. The e are no bi oks or matters to Like tin: artixt tbe editor must gciiiiii, niid g' nius is uot iiorrowid or t. Hut tli'«i:.'i you cannot tesch edi- in schools or .luiilemies, you can teach And afci r yu have taught the boy hool, you cm teach the editor in a lib e. I'liit e I'ari'ful ti"t to insert atthewiong einl of the shop. Start down ainoni; tlif r'.lli-rs :nil t'le lye- es anl be will w'rk his way to the m. When hi g. ts there he will know to Slav there. Hut if you start him at net 10 thu prxl'aoilitiesi are that he soon find hirnelf 111 t^e cellar. It is •f the evils of our tiiins th.it, not only gar) to tbi'i, but i|uilly with regard tu .rad s an I pr f"i"(i' U'l, .the younjj men willing to begin at th' bottom. The of a priiiting-olljce hIiouIiI hi: olh iuex- as thi' i^raiiea of an army. There be no removal except for cauie, and motion cxc'i pt lor merit. The history le Dewspi|:r press proves the po«it'i»D I take. Tne b ct, the shiest, the most ful eilit' rt thin land has produced p from Ih'-- ru" and coniposiog stick. i known soorcH of tramping jour rs wh.1 bail every ijualitiiation for nt success in j"urnalism except the of 8tcad h ibits lU' n o) wide Icarn- sparkliiig geoiui. ami commanding in- t. And I never 'et saw a stnctly ted man who wa^ lit for an editor, are two starchy ;iiiil 't'lf. They are ice and pri cise. Tliey .in' too learned profound. ' pri'louml r.evispaper d (lie in a wejk. Two lb.n.;s are cer- and e(|Ui»lly fatal to a newspaper, ance and profundity. Rut I thiuk of wo it can stand iguoiancc the liettcr, here are a great many people who are ant, and very few who are profound. Webster undertook to write an edi- t for a newspafier. It was teven col- a loo;: â- 'Uid lo'id with statesmanship and lui. But the edit'r atlvi^ed him to de- it in lJoup^.*^«» «n.i li,t t*i© nu«rapaper It sointtinied happens that a school er out of a job, or ambitious of fame, laurels ar.d cash in the iditorial sanc- Thesc are th' worst failiirea in the lot. They inv,iriably r»- on their e.s w!ii4i they write, use ruled p-ptr, 11 t-b ;ir i's, 'ro s all their t's, and every senteuee lefore it goea to press, are dc^igne'l o nui'ceed better on bl\ •â-  ii'iai-'iily p 1' lieationi' or lho!ie h com' out "iH'i' :i _\e'i' than on the pren li anytime is ualcrlated to th ja'i IK' of ;iii elilor, it is to see Hi'in.t ur alioriiig over a paragraph, 'aaur 1 anl interlineations, the stop- I'l .1111^, tie tin ii'gs up and 1e- [i ^i^aiu, the c niiultjtions of the â-  ry, tlie wi^n: look at the wall, the nb y.t or,i!hiiiar, ami th" greit doubt id 'lb, are frii^bliul to beliold. I state t trii'.b when I siy that I have seen t th se ^eutleiiieu spend two precious ill tr\iii:: t-i put a simple statement in rap 1 of tea lines, and fail. A sur- i gianimar kills them. And yet the must not fail in grammar. Hjs sen- must lie char cut, precise, and per- Hiit lie must do it without exertion, th till' .ii.me ease and freedom that uld eni;at;e in eoiiversjition. ' ""hi» he ^ets whin be goes through the He cann it bring it with him from or pr.'fi i^i m. Tlieie are ixissible ions, but tl'uy are rare, exceedingly pr've the rule. The shoe- t( r stick to' hi* last, the Ills school, and the editor N'l man can be .in editor 1 er«tand all the details of II' mist be competent to nv plau at^ny moment. St know l.o.i to ilo all that is need- s done '.n â-  newspa|ier. He must be write a leader or a paragraph at a it's notice, ..r Hitbuut any notice at must be .1 man of ijuick percep- piompt 'l.e,i. n .-lU'l force of char- a leitlcr, lie muit H^^-^'^A^ i^^^f A- ' jfj b-M li^:t."i»y,V?. i' t Hv-^f â-  VOL. I.â€" NO. 8. MARKDALE, QNT, FRIDAY. OOTOBER 1, 1880. yn'l only lia'l be master to .sanctuni. es not i ksii-eHs. gap. Ml Me must Ik |nI the ship. ckt V to plat" tbe next elation .ind jHM.r DonaMj •â- ..ily lilt" a park. sense lie ni.'i. le tbe bestt hen tire neighbours aakfa^ I Ills drive " t)h, ' likeil it line, but they I ay in puttiu iik' oot." iliioii luinister recently' ty miles b' low .\merio laii, »lie!*e house 119. in the morning laiiiily, in resion'»eJ' w.isb bowl, brous" lid after the face to nted up about seven e-omb for liini to arr urilig the Itro!.!. s â-  my, the following; conV* wo toik pl.lee v inoiniii 7 "I • air, too • e«. « you sonictimcalike y"" ' to yourself ' Iiere is sca.^ely any •â- o* iout orler or, il "»• ii[ared by disorder, lie 'ery parent of â- â€" ,^g I cau do more w r* ' -^ cr, and with lei** fa*'8**, lordcrly. He docs W* e in lookiu); inr tool* 0" just where t' find t***] â-  tbe auiio) anoe of b»^ that are lost or br«k« r hr iki and the or her things at the â- eyisshut. Good or of" beauty ;anditiai And all tle»"'*^, hemselvea orderly, •»» I IAS ptasant named of ftealin;, waa W' blows. The Judge lanrnie that he migi lunal, should the sen lere. -Janoae took t Meanwhile, no' 5d the prisoner *«»^f ich in the »»'*• JriL le full execntKrff* Uter the Obe^ bjneat from fllW .. Forthwith the e t» ccnrt, and iin on the be*nn d puniahw*"" pelUnt proN*ti;]J onour, •• the d-ctee- befolfiUtA. the Vailey of Mexico, some A'hat protracted to orf« mi In |«'l HiLKV, of Cell taking a Ir. land, with the object o'f organiz- â- timalic anl pern:anint aid fir the Kiiseopal (jiiirch. The Bishops of Down, I'.rlC^md CaRbel have warm- ouraijc'l his elforts, an'd successful Bgs have bien held in behalf of hit ISYS, District Soperiiitendeut of Po- the Damoh Distiict in the central of Indis, recently captnrrd a co- 111 held It in his right band while he td out to some fhends the poison By a sudden effort the reptile dart- beS'l forward just far enough to the point of the index finger of Den- left hand- Despite eyeiy effort to bis lite, he died in three hours. Kpiscopal church ncently built at Da, the western terminus of tha North- kcitic l{ailroa44*"aid to have the old- r on this ejo^-A^eot, The building is li'gK, and wis put up in leaa than weeks. The tower is an immense fir rhich was seventy feet high, but which ken cut off :orty feet above the ground, -mounted with a bell an 1 cross. The **« Irte snow that it is at least 276 old- TUo church lot ks out on Pnget •el" f.'"' Muint Baker rise* to „ghtof lltiOOfeet. A little rectory en built close by the church. B .Sop of Manche,ter, in a recent reier.eil t tbe act cf the patron of ers, Bournemmth, in .p^intinir to the w,sl.e. of the whoft'^S '^rehman to the living, h, spoke ply of ^toalistic b'-lnnging, 'V.]^ '" •' 4 qneation of the adnjinis- if the Holy Oommnnion with lighted mixing watir with the winr, aoj iDg of the ' Agnua Dei' in oonoeo the Communion (ffioc, All thoee were perfectly baimle â-  in them- [I'Ut they had \)3ea deelared to be In the Church of England that WM â- the Church h»d not ordered them, I minister had a right to order them exercise of hia own frto mind. To IcoDgregaiion and agitata the Chnreh lejeoj of it to the other about mat- Fbat kind seemed to him to be ao in- dole fully, io face of thoaa nt»t with irhioh they had to aa»l. b:tter in soul for it 7 He might *â-  a mattor of taste bat who *y 'Hat bis soal waa one bit liftwl (lod because a pair of lightsd WAX were on the holy table doiiaf tha Mra^ Fitipatrick's Diaoioiid TweWtt'^nMlha aoo laat Norember, 1 ran down into Warwiekahire to spend a few days with my oooain Horaoe Mason. " It was an odd time of year to chooae for a country visit bnt aa a matter of fact I did not chooae it â€" it «as choaen for me. Until that year, I had alwaya managed to get away for an aaf^ly snatched and greedi- ly enjoyed holiday in Angoat, aad had generally been lucky enough to secure some good ^route-shooting or pleasant yacA- iug. Bnt alt at onoe the Fates turned per- verse, aad that particular August had brought with it a throng of professional en- gagements whiflh Could neitbt r be diamiaaed nor delayed. Of course they weni^ welcome in a way tor I was near the botSota of tbe ladder, and waa glad of any chaoee that would enable me to mount one or two runga higher but I C( rtainly thought that the fickle goddeas Fortune, having apparently forgotten m« ao long, might have poatponed her visit for another month wiont any marked impropri«^y. The worst of it waa that when September came I wa5 t* bn^y aa evir, and when October found me still ia the whirl of that Maelstrom of work. Not until the moruirg of the firsf day of November did 1 waken with ihe blessed consciouaataa that the l«ad was gone from my rhoulders, and that 1 was onoe aeain comparatiTely free. I lay awake iu bed, fee'mg serenely happy, wondering 'whether 1 ought to celebrate my emancipation by hav- ing my breskfaat brought up to me, and vaguely speculating as to how and where I should give o^yself the holiday I hail so ftirly eameil. I decided against the tjbaritic breakfast in bed rang my bell, and inform- ed my landlady that 1 should be down-sta'rs in twi nty minutes and on enterinjL my snug little sitting-room, found on the table a soli- tary letter. I digested the kidney and it logether, and they were both eminently satisfact'ry. The former was perfect â€" Mrs. Higgins had been a cook â€" and tbe latter waa equally to my taste. It was from Horace Mason, who said he was completely bored â€" Horac-e is always complaining of being bored, ihongli no oue enjoys life more than be â€" and that he would be eternally grateful to me il I would sacrifice myself by coming to share bis bedroom for two or three weeks. This was the very thing. VVinthorpe,though only a bache'or establishment, vtas a most delightful house to stay at and aa it was surrounded by other bouses almost equally delightful, the inhabitants of which under- stood well the great art of enj'iying thera- selve!!, 1 need hardly say that I accepted the invitatiuu by return of pott. Three dnys later, shortly after six in the afternoon, I waa met at the door of Win- thorpe by Horace Lim^elf, v ho, as usual, assured me, in tones which siemed sympto- matic of perfect health and spiiita, that he was more bored than ever, :.nd that he would never, never forget the good tuin I bad done him by coming so sion. Of course, as Pina- ftm was theu in the sfcendaut, I was bound to raise my eyebrows and inquire " What, never ' and he, to how that his boredom was tempered by news of the grtjftt world, waa realty with the orthodox rej ly " Well â€" hardly ever." Thise highly intelleetud greetings being exchanged,,] was escorted up to my lO'im, and then dqwn to the draw- ing room, y»here I found Mrs. Pat ton, Hor- ace's lady houte-keiper â€" his duenna, as he was wont to call her, â€" and Mr. Fiizpatrick, the rector of tbe parish. Mrs. Patton, I kuew Hell. She was a most amusing com- i pound of dignity and jdlity, and we were the best friends in thu world, though she always ill dared th t I didnotUiug but make fun of her. Mr. Fitzpitiick I had never seen before f r, during my previuiu visits, he had always happened to be from home. He was a tall, i ortly, elderly gentleman, with a ra'.her B.irid c implexioo, and a raag- niticeut head of perfectly white hair, the effect of which was increased by a pair of bu-hy and perfectly black eyebrows. He greeted n:e very cordially and aa aoon aa we Wt..e seatO'l at tbe dianer-table, I dis- covered that his foite waa couverfcation and bis foible monologue. I have heard some good steady talkers in my time but I am prepared to back Mr. Fitzpatrick against any of them. Reminiscence succeeded rem- iniscence, and anecdote jostled anecdote and though he was undoubtedly very amus- ing, I began tu think that if one lived in his parish, one might possibly have for him some of the feeling that Sinbad the Sailor had for the Old Man of the Sea, I have forgotten raoet of his atones bnt one of them nad a certain gbastliness, wnich impressed me a good deal at the time; and makes me think it worth telling again. I had noticea,dnriog dinner,tbat, as is the I habit. of some widowers, he wore a wedding- I ring, which had presumably been his wife^ and over this another ring, of the kind usu- ally worn by ladies, in which were set three very ban':soine brilliants. After dinner, when Mrs. t'atton had retired, the conversa- tion somehow or other took a turn in the direction of precious stones, and Horace, who at last managed to get in aword or two, said something about the difficulty of dis- tinguishing, in the absence of tests, a true stone from a really well executed imitation, and took from his waistcoat pocket a manu- factured diamond which I certainly should have pronounced genniue. For purposes of comparison, Mr. Fitzpatrick slipped fron, his finger the ring of which I have just spoken and after it had been examined and replaced, be said " There is a curious story Connected with that ring, Mr. Mason. 1 daresay you have beard it ?°' "I've beard something about it," said Horace " but I don't know all the particu- lars and I don't think my cousin has beard anything of it." "Well, then," said Mr, Fitjpatrick, "I may as well tell it to you, if you care to bear it. The story begins and ends a long time ago. It is forty years this very month since I became engaged to be married. I was then a curate, and nail not much money to spare but I had just received a legiicy of rather less" than a hundred pounds and in a fit of extravagance, hardly excusable even in a lover of five-and-twenty, I spent the whole of it and a few pounds more in purchasing a ring for my future wife. We expected the engagement to be a long one but the rector of this pariah died suddenly, and my great- uncle, iu whose gift tbe living was, present- ed it to me. The rector's death took place in February. I read myself in on Easter Sunday and ou the tirat of June we were married. I suppose that every newly mar- ried husband and wife think themselves the happiest people in the world but I honestly believe that we really were to. We had not only each other, but we bad eyerything else that we could possibly desire â€" a larger in- come than we ueedid, work that w»8 thor- oughly congenial to both of us, a few real friendr, any number of pleasant acquaint- ances, »nd »u utter freedom from lOl anxiety. "This unalloyed happiness lasteil for six months, when my wife's health f^iied in a mysterious manner. She began to be sub- ject to strange fits of languor, physical de- preaaion, and drowsiness, which gradually became longer and more frequent. I had advice at onoe bnt the dectt rs teemed com- pletely at tea. The organs, they »aid, were perfectly sound and though tbe action of the heart waa not quite to ttrong as'it ought to be, there waa abaolntely nothing to ac- count for the symptoms. At a.l eveota, they could only recommend touioa, gentle open-air exerciie, and ao opcafiopal stimu- lant, to tpite of them all, however, niy wife grew worse and wone. At laat the took to her bed and she had not been in bed a week, when one evening I left her, apparently much the same at ntaal, and went into my ttndy to tpend a oonnle of •""•rs over my next Sunday ifioming^ tor- mon. I imd t,,^ down-stairs Qniy #bovt thr.e-quarters of an hour, whan my wife't sister who h.d been sitting with har dnriut my abMnce, burst into th? room wad thnir i!*?*^ T" J?*' ?wlMnm« I •• O James I the t dead I Our dasUsa K«t«'t tttil I' " Yon can imaginTfte shock- th« fltwl ate bat it never oocnnsd to ma to ~-r T r T tiMt what ah« said was rMkly ^mt- thooght DOthi^ bat that the ttn of anxiety had bsan too mo«h for the aad tbatihs hMl ISMB nir ily I I did aqr bsat to oaui her and son* aoo- oseded, lor the began to talk to laaidOy, that I WM oot p elled not only to Uatea bat ksMidthatilMawloMtf th« tervants had been watching bymy was tpperently sleeping peMsefally, they had both bean ttartlsd bv a ohaage in har ooantenanoa. l%sy for the toond of her breathing bai nothing. They bad then held a ror to her mouth bat it remained ed. They had felt for the paltstion heart iKit it hid oraaed to beet, b^dy wst deathly cold. The gone to tell one of tbe men to saddle aad ride bard for the nearest doctor }it w|iia she had oome to me to tell the terribll aaiia and bid me be calm. Calm waa oot of Va»i question. I tore myself away and rnab^ up-steirs. They were idiots â€" they wtreBe-' mented but still there was a hanntidg Mf which I must dispel for mysslf. Anqyet I was to ture that my wife oould not ba daodj^ that I summoned tufliaient presence of ansa to open tbe door gently and walk soltly- M the bed. I leaned OTer it, and said, not loudly, but distinctly: 'Kate, dscltn^ lire you asleep " " But before I had spoken the last verd,I 'WBs convinced. I hsd seen death oftai, Siict _wat sure that I knew it too well not to oo|^ae it atejC glance. I now shrieted staod of whispering but there answer, snd I flung myself full length s^oB-' itbe bed in voioelMs sgony. 1 must b|iVe beonme almost or entirely uooonscioos for I aever knew of the doctor's presence in the room until I felt bis hand upon my arts. He said "My dear Mr. Fitr^trick, yoa moat try and bear it like a man and a Christian for your wife ia dead ahe haa b eu dead more than an hour. " " How I felt, 1 cannot tell yon. I wat prostrate with grief and prostrate I -rt- mained for tliree dayi. The necettaiy pre- parationt for the funeral were made by my wife't brother, and I really wat unaware of what bad been done« On tbe evening of the third day I beard steklthy footsteps ascend- ing the stairs, and I felt rather than knew that they were the footsteps of the men who bad come to close ap the coffin. I heard the door open then for a few minutes there was si^nce and then I heard othtr and lighter footsteps descending, followed by a tap at the study door. I taid "Cooae in " and when the door opened, I taw that it wat an old nurse of my wife's, who bad come to tee her living, and had found her dead. " If you pleate, sir," tbe said, giving' my wife the old familiar name, " they can- not get the rings off Miss Kate's finger and they want to know what they must do." "I bad been apathetic but in a moment I was enraged, and I shouted " LesTe them on I" in tones which made the poor woman beat a terrified retreat. I was com- pletely unnerved by what 'leemed an outrage upon the remains that were so dear and to sacred to me but I could tot move to make a more effectual protest, snd I soon sank into the lethargy from which I had been aroused. Tbe night patted, aa the preceding nights had patted, tieeplessly and wearily. I rose at dawn,, and sat in tbe study until noon, when they came to tell me that the time for the funeral bad come, and that I must follow my wife to her last home. " Yoii won't know the rectory well, Mr. Browne," said Mr. Fitzpatrick, addressing himself directly to me " but you mtist have passed it. The front-door, as you will re- member, opens to the turnpike road but there it also another door with two Slats panels which opens directly into tbe church- yard. My wife was in the habit of us'ng this door very frequently for there rsn from it a path which crossed the churchyard and ended at a stile, which was jutt opposite tbe gatet of the Grange, then rented by tbe Hardinga, who were her oldest friends. When she bad returned and found the door fastened, which sometimes happened, she had been used to let me know she waa there by a peculiar tap, and I had always gone to let her in. It was out of this door â€" which somehow seemed to belong to her, and c nt of which she had often tripped so gailyâ€" that I followed her corpse and at it wat doted gently behind me, I think I fully real. zed for the tirtt time what a changed thin^ my life mutt henceforth be. 'The tervice wai gone through I heard the clods fall upon the cothn and I returned to the house that wat now so awfully solitary. The vicar of tbe next parish, who hiui per- formed tbe last sad offices for my wife, re- turned with me, and tried his best to bring me to myself but I refused to be comforted. At last be left me and I waa glad to be alone, for in solitude 1 could feel that my wife was somewhere near me. "They brought me food bnt I could eat nothing The hours paased slowly bnt I took no note of them. I did not tven know that it was dark uqtil one of the maids came and asked if she should light the lamp. I let her do il and then mechanically took a book down from tbe shelves and tried to read. It waa only a mockery ot reading but ft a«ted at a sort of narcotic i and I bad dropped into a dose, when I wat aroused by s knocking at my door, sharp and decisive, as if the person knocking were not asking but demanding entrance. Just at the knock came, the clock struck twelve, and I knew that I^ most have been sleeping for nearly three hours. I got up from my chair, opened tbe door, and inquired what was wanted of me. Standing in the lighted hall were the three indoor tervants and the old nurse' and the facet of all were abaolutely blanched with terror. One of tbe girlt, in ' !..( ' 'l-i' .. .J â-  ' I .li \;^"i^HpLB ua 3 he poor gW. â-  her loassa. tohsed. She an agony of fright, caught hold of my sleeve and panted out " O sir, do oome "I shook her off somewhat roughly and, addreasing the nurse, taid " What't the meaning of thit " "She waa clearly at frightened at the others, bnt more telf- possessed, and tbe re- plied " If yon please, tir, Jaae-and Ma» garet say that their mistreat is standing at the side-door, tapping on the glass -^ and tbst they will leaye the bouse if yon do not come and see." " I called them fools, and bade them go to bed bnt they crowded behind me as I hastily crossed the hall, and strode down the sh'jrt corridor to the side door. I ap- proached thu door; and 1 mutt confets that my blood ran cold as I distinctly heard the well-known tap, and thought I saw tome- thing white behind the glass panels. I turned my eyes to the bolt, which I drew back,and flung the door wide open. If I were to live for a millenniam, I oonld never forget the nght I sa^ thfn. There st^od |ny wife, with bqght open eyes, a flushed face, dishevelled hair, and her night-dress stained with large patches of blood I "James," she said "don't be frighten- eI it is I." She may haire^aid more but this was all I hesrd^ They told me that I gasped, " Kate, my Kate I" and fell dow^ senseless, " '\Vhen I reoovered oomciousneas, found myself in bed. My wife, dressed the wa( used to be dressed, wss sitting by my side and I looked around and wonder- ed whether I had been aw»keoed from some horrible nightmare. At last the reality of the events of the paat few days came book to m« â€" my wife't illneas, her detth, her strange return from the world of sikirits. When I summoned strength (or the task, I ssked what it all meant and though the could ten but little, that littla was snoa^ to solve the mystery. She taid she had felt at if she were being' rather toagUy awakeo- ed from sleep and that when the *««^iTh» thoroughly arOuted, she found she- wss tit- ting up in an open coffin at the bottom of a grave, witli the blood runiiing quickly from a deep cut in her ring-finger. The grave wat thallow, and she had Baai|ge(| to climb out, when the disoovared tiiat alio wm ia| twenty yarda from the ddof '^y wUon she Ifas uo^stpmed va en^ the hoase.' She made her way to it and wo kaew the reet. It had been a oarioas case of tnaoe, oota- lepsy, or whateyer name men soiaaaa may give to thpte iofzplieafale â- ;biiIiHmi of death i|i wfai(ih all tlie foaetiooe «esi|^ to be srreetfd i|rhile the yital priDoiple rsoisios intapt. She had bean rotred to eoiMpioas saimatiaa by t^-^a«|Ma to her fioMr by the roffaa whos* oopMity had tmiftiH him The to • detd from wMea WVijj^ honfy aoea 'woold have shraak. drol ftrthHif ooribe o* of the wba ksA fw«a ilAefc by « giOM ia the diamond (iag; tain it, did not hssita t s to violate tity of the gntva^ sad even to le f lit*sr of the aad wk^ to ok- Aetkeaiao- ** Good heaveos I" ovsrmnreriag story. Was ths lareal ever io, I bdieve, a camplalat that oftaa has )lm origin in tome nervoot ihock. She livid, however, to be over fifty, and waa bright and eheerfnl to the last, thoogh the had been a oonfirmed invalid for five yean befovs her death." Mr. Rtspatriok ceased speaking for a while ami we were aUowed^ "to itsvjfot a few sentences of oomment upon tha rtmorkr ableVtocy we had.l«ean^;:b«t #l«tee |ritk kim wss aeve* maOk ata*athaa a wmh( sad in ten minutes hs was in the middle of an- other narration. We dkl~aol aqpeiot^ aatfl after midnight and I tsw him again several times during my stay at Winthorpe, which wat more than ntu^y pleosaot. He hid certainly an ioaxhauttible fond of stories *«t I did oot bear oat tha* wa^ in the ear- rant literary slang of the day, so theseoghly " sensational" aa the story of Mrs. Fitqiat- rick's Di^nood Eng. [The foregoing narrative, which is fotmd- ed on an actual occurrence, is snother illut- trfition of the danger of interring a human b«i|Bg apparently dead, bnt in whom life may neverthelest ttill linger. To be buried alive ia a oontisAenoy the very thought of which fills the mind with horror and yet it it notorious that instances have occurred, and may yet occar, thiongb neglect on the part of those in charge to 'use even the most ordi- nary preoantioDa. Ilie subject is of such importance, that though it has been dealt with in these pages on previous oooosions, we gladly take this opportunity ot again offering to our readers a few of the signs which usually distinguish actual from tnpposed death â€" The arrett of tbe pnlte and the ttoppage of breathing. No movement of the cheat â€" no moi»t breath to dim a looking-glatt placed before the mouth. Theie ttoppages of pulse and breath may however, under certain con- ditions be reduced to so low an ebb, that it is by no meant easy to decide whether or not they are e os yl r toiy annihilated. Catea too, have been known in which the patient had the power of voluntarily luspendi^ these functions for a consideraole time. 'The loss of irritability in the mufoles (a fact which may be readily aaoertained by a galvanic current) is a sign of still greater importance than even the appareut stoppage of the heart or of the breath. The oontrtotile power of the skin it also 'oat after death. When a cut is- made through the skin rf a dead body, tbe edges of the wound clote, while a similar cut made during life presents an open or gaping ap- pearance. An important change termed the ri^or mortit takes place after death, at varying periods. The pliability of the body ceases, and a general stiffness ensues. This change may appear wicbin balfanhonr, or it may be delayed for twenty or thirty boars, sc- cording to tbe nature of the disease. It mutt however, be borne in mind that fiff mortu it not a continuont condition it for twenty-four to thirty-tix hours, tnd passes away. Commencing in the head, it proceeds gradually downwards, the lower extremities being the last to ttiffea aad disappears in the lame ordtr. One of tbe mo«t important of' the various changes that indicate death is the altered colour of the surface of the body. Livid spots of various tizet occur, from focal con- gestions during life but the appearance of a green tint on the skin of tbe abdomen, ac- companied by a separation of the cuticle or skin, is a certain sign that life is extinct. To these symptoms may be added tbe half- cloeed eyelids aad dilated pnpila and the balf-ckwed fingers, with the thumb turned in. It is imporiant to note that tbe slight- est motion ot the heart may be detected by tbe stethoscope even though breathing and the pulse have ceased. If the heart, there- fore, be silent to this delicate instrument, the vital tpark bat fled. â€" Ep.] The House of Lords. ^: During the session of the Imperial Parlia- ment Uiat has just cloeed a question arose that is likely to cante a good deal of trouble before it it floslly settled. It has come to be openly doubted whether the House of Peers has any rsMOfi d'etre, and whether the government of the country could not be quite at well, if not better, conducted without the intervention of tbe Lordt ipirit- ual and temporal in the work of legitlation- The quettion it tomewhat ihe tame at that which haa been for tome time discussed iu Canida with reference to the Senatr, and has therefore a good deal of Interest for nt, the principlet involved in the disoutiion apply- ing equally to both institutions. " Wnat " it 11 asked " it the use of the upper House It not tbe House of Commons capable of making the laws for the countij T N^, at a matter of fact, it it not the Lower R4ute that originates, shapes and finally decides on the enactments ot every law Why then should there be the empty formality of carry- ing a 4iU to t^ Upper House at aU Should it not rather receive tbe assent of tbe sovereign at once and become the law of the Und?" â€" It cannot Ml dtaied tha^ tk s wrl s a great deal of force io^tbeee |iiertiamr.end there is Uttle doubt but that the Mfins of such queries is the begfaifiing of the end tor tbe Peers. Tbi^isoa s|^ s4ieve'aH alilitarian, and nothing sapsgfflaous coa long'KMrtiaae to exist ip the moekiasry of an etfigktioed country. Eyen what io, in iteelil^ ttmimsatil is tcoroely tOltMted ler -the eoke of the ele- ment of ntefulnett that is included, while tbe abiolntely nteless it not permitted to tnrvive tbe discovery of its useleesness. Thf House of Lords, therefore, like th^ Ohina- man in CaUfomia, must go. This ia tne tiat of tbe Radical party, a party that it daily gathering ttrength in England and ia dettin- ed to rule the country in a very abort time. The old Whigt are falling into tbe tere an4 yellow leaf, and yo^ng Englapd of ^be fid- dle and lower cla«aes, at ^ust, is essentially free thinking and radical to the cpre. This party, headed in the present parlisment by Bright, Chamberlain, and DOke, have re- solved on the extinction of the Ppper ^unte on the brood ground of it* being neither ntefol nor omtmental. Ponbtiess the re- cent absurd behaviour pf ihe Peers o^ the pitturbance Bdl has precipitated thit action on the port o( the ^adiaalt, but it hat for a long time hee« appateat that the country wat beoomins impatient over the orotchett of "a lot of old womeiL" at a prominent politician irnrvereatly saUed the meiHer of thahope and Qarons that oecnpy the benches of tbe House of Lords. Whatever good pa'pote the Upper Boote hat terved in the past, in tbe way of terving as a check on the action of the Commona, it can no longer serve, its aassat to a bill is a atere for- mality, snd its attempt to barks a meynre little more than a faroe. ^^ OaiamoBs carry the parse and kokt in their haads the rsol leverage of rule. Heooe the Peers oaa do littla more than simify asssat, or smother their ditsant, while the Comamae ran the country. At no illstint dots, we beHeve, the Tehnae ef the hipteiy of the Peers sa a legislstiTe body will 09 e l ^^d finally and for ever, M. BKiTABcr, wkcae laveaosa oiae from the gamblan at Bedsn, left aome six nrilliaa peoada H hia widf w .^ jb f wot fpfty tfsalSsaeeemfal^ by a nmnitii TkTWJT. ako soMled poaada a year fa msdshimso oimiaalaUa thai ho to ea^ thoyoli i tioa IM wick â-² wmmfwnmn viitiaf from Osweo, whore the thg^ olwiq;* havia fw waa atoamp: ia Ivi^ai aow he is BbsraBy if iliag UMMfaaee from kit tttkat^s solte m Dsv hsmsq id ^J0M|* swamp taVBskip, Berks ooonty, aad already Waraahihlsof ninefsst horass. His first eaih roooipt from Germany was $16,000 in goU I then he rseeived $4,000 in oarrtaoy, aad tken a draft for tSS.OOO, which he de- in bank for safe keeping. In a few more he expects another large in- ef solid oath from over the tea, the isoatt of the tale of hia dead tathar'i vine- olad hillt along the ^V'" Groesman ia naw kno^va as ^s " Priaos of Middbtewa," fsr ia that efaoeare vilis^ be hm loeetoA for the pteeent. His momsgs is one of the iBoai rooUMio «b laoord, and the fact that he tptat $800 a day for knick-knooks for his eride bas ezereised the gossip of all the oonntry roaad. ffight or ten years ige Orotoman landed at (^le Garden. He had shippsd at Brsmea. He wss a wild, hamm- scaram yesmg German, and hia desire wss to esM^ a urge of yean of univenity life. He wanted to come " to free America, ' and partake of tome of the joys of the new world. Said he the other day " I came to thia country for experience and to tee ttrange sights. I had few caree. My remittanoea from home came right along. When I had money I spent it like a lordwith my friends of the road, and when I had none I put up with the ups and dows of tramp Ufe aa well at the rest of them. I didn't care either, beuaaae I was happy and the life agreed with me. I had a soft D«d at home, a good table, flenty of wine and truit, and goM society, soon got tired of that. I preferred the free open country of Pennsylvania, with ita fav bams and hospitable people. I never wronged anyone bnt myself. But I got along first-rate. I loved the woods and tprings tnd mountain iceneiy. A tramp bas no cares. He is absolutely free so king aa he can keep out of goal. A smart tramp need not get into trouble. All be has to do is to keep out of bad company and do nothing wrong himself. That was my plan." When dressed and shaved, Grossman is an inteUigeot-loeking Oerman, with regular features and dark hair, medium in height, compactly built, and he is quite talkative. He purchased a houte and lot in Longtwamp township, for which he paid $2,200. Hit fint horse cost him $200 then he bought a trotter and a light buggy for $400 from a gentleman at Alourtis^e bought a double team for $600. His passion for horses soon became known and in a few days abci, a dozen stock- dealers, from Allentown, Read- ing, Kutztown, and other placet vitited Middletown with itringt of fine anim^la, and tuddenly that heretofore quiet back- woods village became an active. Duty horse market. Grossman bought until at least twelve horses were in his stable, and he bad to quit for want of stable room. He was a joUy purchaser, paid cash for all he got, and didn't pretend to know much about horse- flesh, anyhow, nor did he seem to care. The maiden name of hia wife was Miss Hubert. She is tbe daughter of a ooonty woodman. In the days of 's poverty be first met her at her father's home, where Grossman came one pkooaat afternoon in autumn. He rested by a well and very soon he saw a dark -eyed maiden at the gate. He engaged her in con- versation, and finally the atk^ him whether he wanted a drink of water. "No," taid he, with a rousiah twinkle "if you have cider or tomethinif ttrouger it will luit me better; water ia too common." The young woman wat charmed with hit impudence and the soon produced a pitcher of bard cider from the cellar. A plate of apples was then set before tbe eyes of the good- looking young German. 'Thit acquaintance Foon ripened into love. Grottman obtained work on a near by fsrm and courted the pretty Susan to often at he oould. Finally they were engaged, but Grottman never told hia affianced that he was the son of a wealthy German landholder across the sea. They were married by the village parson, and lived with the bride's parents. Gross- man however, toon learned that mariied life ef that kind wat not at he had expected and hoped, to he determined to lerve that tec- tiun of the country. He wat wild and im- petuous, and he thought the unien was be- neath hit station. Still keeping his secret, he suddenly disappeared and Decame a tramp again. He collected a number of the ioUiest trampa on the road that he could find. Some of them had been students in tbe old country like himself. They knew him by his assumed name only. When bis remit- tances came, tbsy bad the joUiest of re- unions. He had no desire to return to Ger' many. His mode of life had a charm about it that he could not resist. Finally word came from Germany that fait old father had died. Grottman went into sincere mourn- ing. His father had been a kind parent to him, and had written him many letters beg- ging him to give up hit 'wandering life and come back to Germany again. With every dollar tent to the wayward too waa a father't bleeoing. Grossman't bride in tbe meantime had te- oured a le^l teparation. When Grossman't father died tbe tramp-ten determined at once to give up tbe life on tbe road. Hit fint thought wat of hit darkeyed Satan. Without her he could do nothing. He wan- dered back to hit old home. 'To bit great attonithment he learned that the had mar- ried a wealthy gypey hone-traier. He re- aolve4 U find beir, and tucceeded. To his gre^ joy be learned that ahe could be far happier with him, her fint love. He then told her that he had fallen beir to a fortune, arrangemeott were at onoe nude with the gypsy husband. Grossman bargained for bu wife, and fhe gypay liatened to the pro- poat^oit The gypsy accepted a $60 bill, said good-bye to Suian ani Grossman, and his fint love happily departed for her fatben home. Another divorce was quickly ob tained, and Grossman and Susan were again imited in happy marriage. They are now living oootentcd in their new home, and Oroatman ia liviqg bke a prince with bis bride. He it lavishly tpenouig money, hot the bride, with an eye to busiiMta, haa hint- ed at the neceoaity of curtiiling expenaee and rememberini; tbe motto of the ' rainy day." Tlte TwOj Puttt- The money ouestioa between busbtnd and wife it one of the moit aeriont drawbackt to married happiness, and it is time it was ad- justed on a mora just anu equal basis. The life of otter dependence which tome women lead is omshing and degraded. Men do not realise the utter helplessneH and vacuity to which the tyitem oondtmns woman. Now, does anybody believe that it is necessary for tbe welfare of the family (hat the should go to htm for twenty-five oeats every time she needs i% tut car-fare or a spool of thread I Is it right or just to take her im- beeility ia money motten for granted before ahe haa been t so j td T Is it not jast that such who ars Isft by the faihue of some ve ersas to thsir own rsooaro^ with tiw bordsB of a family ap^ theu ia eiy o ri eaea d showers, who of tfo diqdoy vm^dOfffal powsl;s in saergy sad eoleala- tiea, iaaddtttoa to thrift aad psmevering indostiy, wUeh oo^t to pat all aaoh mea to shims T Wama«, aa agoasial i«Ie, deOar ga ao tar OS two ia ths kaada of y ee w e mtf d iadividaaK srlio aaw tkat thaesmat rnUat, booaded hy loar woDo of thsir dwdn« waakl fovotTS if they ursra takea oat of it, woold •«d gnol k«Mii9Me aad great â- aeoaiary sd' |o ia pottaiv the osatool of sU ths in- aswih o thsir knmm ia ths hands of tkdfmi^m, wiA adivkdaa of tha iaoome ofoal to the rsqoirsoasatL Bhop Waâ€" toBi ia Jhat BtmU, ef a tear ia OohMBdo, iriMa «ha km- Iw' ^mS: lrUkha«Mteh- eaollttma kOaki asloas^ tha iMaai WOMiH QOBWP. Ob tha Bra of tha Wi love belora we part to-nigklL Bsfcte the loot • IwiB ' h mieaâ€" Bsioro the ri^ hos toaehed my kmrf. Of pars, trna^ eadleoo fcva the tokoa Bebrs tte Ckarok witt holy rite, Her blotaiag on oar love haa givea. Look stiai^t into my eyss with years, Aad aaswer oie in tight ef Heavsa. Is there withia your boort of bearta One Ungeriog shadow of regret â€" One thonsfat that yon have spoken tOt Oh I speakâ€" tis not too late evoa yA Is there in all this world of oars, Ooe yoa have ever known or seen, ^Vbran, if von had earlier seen or known Tea wonid have crowned yoor cboeen qnemiT Is there Tâ€" I pray you, tell me now. And I will hold yon bound no more. 1 win not flinch to bear tbe trutii. It could not be so rod, so sore. To know it now, as it wonId be If by-oad-by a shadow fell Upon the eanehine of oar home 80, if yoa ever loved me â€" teU. I'd bold you pore from blame, dear love; And I would leave you free ss air. To woo and win that happier ooo. All thit for your dear take, I'd bear. 1 will not tay bow I would pra That God might have yon in Hit care That would be eaty â€" when I think Of yea, my heart is all one prayer. But could I join htr name with yours. And call down bleasings from above On her, who robbed me of my all â€" My life â€" my lightâ€" my only love Yes I even that I'd try to do Although my lonely heart should break, I'd try to say ' God bless her ' too. Through blinding tears, for your aweet take. I'm looking up into yonr eyes But though my own with tesn sro dim, I read that in their true, clear depths. Which tells me, ' You may trust in him.' I will â€" I will It needs no words, ' Though tean are flowing warm and faei. And eloquent with truth and Icve. Forgive my doubts â€" they are the last I Fashion Notes. ' The new red is vividly brilliant in hue. Black and gold is the coming combina- tion in colour. Polka dottbd stockings are among the new styles. WiDB Direotoiie collan are worn with nearly every ooetume. Shobt dresses are to be the rule for at leatt another tix montht. JBR8EV8 will be much worn in New York with street tnitt for early fall. SiTNFLOWESS and cryrantbemnmt 000- tinne to be in favour with fathionable wo- men. Red Surah silk is still tbe favourite ma- terial for illuminating dark or tober-tinted costumes. Ostrich fetthen, long, medium tnd tips, will be uted on winter millinery, to the ex- clntion of flowen, A MILK waistband, with buckle of tilver, muther-of pearl, or burnished steel, or with a ttrtp, is the fashion. Flannels are now made with two kinds of materials for instance, half the plaits are plain, half in figured goods. Fo17LARD bandkerehieri are trimmed with point de Raguse tnd Larguedoc lacet, and made into bowt, ja^nta, and fichus. P0LONAI8ES, pointed batqnet, tkirted bwques, round waists, and coat baaqnes, â- *, ith very long tails, will all be fashionable this winter. Tas plain skirt, with full, unlooped btck dnpery, which it American in origin, it re- ported as gaining in favour on the other tide of tbe Atlantic. Ei-ABORATE coiffures are still very fashion- able, though tbe close, classic style of hair- dreesing, which sdmits of but little deoon- tion, it growing in favour. Handkerchief ooatnmea aro to be coo- tinued in thicker material, such as momie plaids of extraordinary size, camel's hair, raw silk and crepe cloth. Velvet 'will be generously employed in the make up of early fall costumes. As a rule, the skirts will be made plain, with the edges adorned in silk and satin plaitingt. HANDKERCHim will be embroidered and trimmed on aa part of the dress, this fall, or a round collar will take their pltoee. 'Tie latter will extend down upon the front. Transparbmt French mull ia geoerslly uted for the newest stylet in htndkerahieft, and these are trimmed with fine lace. The monogram continuet to be very small, and worked in float lilk. Princess tacqne dretves for little people are made w^tb thoae fronts covered with tncks and insertion, while tbe backs are half-fitted to the figure and finiiihed with a Spaniah flounce alsi trimmed on tbe edge. Hooks and eyes are to be largely used this fall for the outaides of dresses, in place of bnttems. Tbe hooks are about an inch in length, and are made either of cut stoel, en- ameled metal, steel and jet, or stsel inlaid with mother of pearL English ladies of fashion all follow the fashion set by the princess of Wales, They enuirele their throats with lace, which they fasteu at the side with a slender brooch (sometimes a lizard in diamonds) and a flow- er. Blank blonde it always worn by them with white d ailanaS'thatifcra ve heard a gam dioB, tioataiafdo^ t^gasotsof AM attosatlve yoMg lad; ita^ yoa might the hnuss, and AM Mg oa ti ve ywBg lady, a recent arrival. wOa iilllfiiiaed. " ideo^ know as you can canker h s a di8 m s,'^aaidMiao in response to the 0|«aien mpratosd by Mr. B., a gee- tlemoft of the party " ska ia so insipid than she wonts to be tkaoght clever, and dpm nothias all ulay but read thoae horrid Frcaoh nevds snd cttier trash. " Tbe group '«oea afterword brake ap. "I beg yonr pordita, Mim 8.. bat yoa left yoor book on ihe chair," said Mr. R., presenting the for- gotten, volume. It wss -a bound copv of Some of the new coloun sro Ophelia, dark heliotrope; tete de faiaan, pheasant red lapia, false blue ronge de Venice, tawny redi, and a great number of metaluc thaeles of gieeo, blue and olive while for evening wear are shades of glancus, a bright mttfsh-grass green aad heliotrope shades. Walfh. charmiug bridal veils aro of your heart, accidenta." Tm moot illnsion. A Yovma lady resembles ammunition be- caoae the powder ia needed before the ball. M188 FuRTiKOTONâ€" ' Yes, I like the place very much, major you have such a jolly set.of men down here." The Major â€" " Yes, awfully jolly. You'd better sceel Miss Flirtingtoo, ia case of Miss F.â€" "Well, while I'm about it, major, I'd rather steal somebody else's, don't yoa know f DiL L,- ^-called apoo a lady acquain- tance, tbe other day, and was mst at the door by thr lady'a little girL Ae asked her to tell ber mamma that Dr. Lâ€" â€" had call- ed. The child went up-stairs, and preeently returned. " Did yon tell your m«TO '" f i r' asked the doctor. "Yes." '«Aad what didshemyT" " aaid • Oh, pahaw.' " "Pogioa," said a lisping, faahioaahle belle, who had grodnated at half a doasn boarding-sobools, to a friend of oon, who had jaot boon introdaged to her at an evon- iag party â€" 'doetor' whioh do yoa prefer, thoBdiW ofiatellaetorbiiUiaathyt Tbam admire tholidity bat atk for me, as Tbok. thpeara tkayth in hith 'Bride ef Ahydotk.' *|irefer tkubdity aad brDUanthT oombia- cd.'" The doctor saak into the nearest chair ezhaasted. " Ob, pehaw I" petalaatly ezolaimed Mim I^rdia T sog o io h, lookiaa op from the lost Mw oovel, m raspsam to a â€" â€" ~- from her mother to osaaoaad aariatia diaoer, " Oh, pohav I I am Bdward de Oaaiaaiy ICoatalkeft m ahMt ta â- re|wee to the ladr llilki|i|i Adah St. Clame,o^ I wj^liiiaiii ha aevor besa iav t sd r .Md the look e« oainM dto- ipt that tM hs4fta»hm eyes showed that wamsM^it, Tn oditar kid kio kaK-emokad a^r oa to aa the Jenny jjnd at Homa. A letter from Londem detcribet a call on Jenny Lind. The uafoigottea Swediib prima donna lives in a tpacioat and charm- ing mansion in a retired nook in South Ken- sington, embowered by trees aad flowen. In the eieoant drawing-room, hung with jpiotnrte aad tastefully deaarated with old china, artistic drapenet, etc., I found a lady whose blue eyes and kindly tmile -bore me back at onoe over the watte of tome thirty yean. Again I sst an eager excited school- boy glowing with anticipation on the verge of my first great art deUght. I saw once more before me the tall, slender figure in its white satin draperies, with green leaves and dia- monds adoruiog the abundant fair hair, and the olden thrill creeps over me that herald- ed the fint notee of that marvellous, that incomparable voice, whose tones were to thoee of the velvet-throated Patti or the silvsr-voiced Nilsson as the regent o'mpared to the diamonds of a ducheas. Shall I forget how old men, who knew just as much about music as they knew of Sanscrit, used to tit with the tean rolling down their cheeks while Jenny Lind was tinging, "I know that my Redeemer liveth?' There she stood before me, the unforgntten idol of my giriish idolatry, changed, indeed, by the lapse of yean, yet unmistakeably tbe Jenity Lind of old. Tbe abundant brown hair, with a few lines of silver amid its lockt, was turned nnder in the pecu'iar faahicin in which the alwayt wore it, and the eyet are lovely at ever in the-r cxprestion and in their soft depths of lustrous blue. At she talked, her gloved bands lay clasped upon her knee in the easy, graceful pose that was familiar to us in the Swedish songstress y.an tto. I called her attention to the fact, ana she smiled at my remembering the attitude, tnd the pretty German monosyl- lable " So I" which used to be another of tbe little pecnliaritiet that we noticed, ard loved because they were hen, etcspcd from ber lips. A grand pianoforte in one corner of the room, snd a lar^e three-quarter length portrait of herself, pamted at the height of her renown, recalled her past qoeenehip in the realms of tong. She was handsomely yet plainly dressed in rich black silk, closed to the throat with coral buttons, a ehawl of old Cluovlaoe was draped aroucd her tbool- den, and the wore a very timple cap of tine old Venetian guipure. She spoke m warm terms of affection of the United States, not iu reference to the welcome 'and the worehip it had tccorded her in by-gone years, but because, as she said in her quaint Euglisb, that had such a charm about it, "Your country takes the rabble of other countries, and gives them all a charce." I siioke of the fact that when she sang in America there were no opera bouses there. " And of that I waj glad," she temarked, " for I bad quitted the stage, and it was for that reakoo that I was anxious to go to the United States, s'nce there I would have no tempta- tion to return to it. " I also spoke of the intense sympathetic quality of ber talent, and tbe marvellous power that she pottess- ed of swaying ber audience at will, particu- larly in devotional music. Something of tbe old, beautiful, rapt expre^iion came into her eyet at she aoiwered, " It was because my voice came from God, and I tang to God " ' MrrbaoaidrlaiBtivaly. "AlC tha oditac. taooaiMi^dv. "tte Modem Music. â- ' ' â- -â- *.' Perbapa no better illustration of what modern music it can be found than in the following description by Lli Perkins of the rendering of a song by a fashionably, trained young lady " Miss Julia waa induced to give a ta*te of her musical powen, and thit waa liow she did it. She flirted up her panniers, co(uet- tisbly witfgle-wagglrd to the piano, tnd sang: " When tbe moo-hoon is mi-bild-ly be-beam- ing O'er the ca-haim and si-bi-lent se-e-e-e. Its rady-unce so-boftly stre-heam-ing. Oh tber-hen, oh, ther-hen, I theo-hink •* Hof thee-bee. I thee-hink, I thee-hink, 1 thee-hink, 1 thee-he-he-hehebebe-bink hof tbee-e-e-e-e. " 'BeauUfol, Mim Julia beautiful ' " and we all clapped our hands. ' Do please sing another verse, it's perfectly divine, Mias Julia,' said Eugene Augustus. Then Julia raised ber golden (dyed) bead, touched tbe white ivories with ber jewelled fingers, and warbled it again. " The only comment is that the patri- aroh Job had one thousand she-ames, and that some of their potterity are still liv- ing." Proteotion from Lightning. A knight of the olden time in full armor waa probably ss ssfe from the effects of a thunder-storm at if he bad a lightning-rod continually beside bim and one of the Ro' man Emp ron devised a perfectly tecure re- treat in a thunder-storm in tbe form of a snbterreneout vault of iron. He wat prob- ably led to thit by thinking of a mode of keeping out mistilea, having no notion that a thin shell of soft cop^^er would have been quite as effective at maasive iron. But thoee Emperon who, at Suetonius tells ut, wore laurel crowns or teal-skin robes, or descend- ed into underground caves or oellan on the appearance of a thuuder-ttorm, were not protected at all. Even in France, where tpeoial attention is paid to the protection of tne buildingt from lightning, daogerout ac- cidentt have occurred where all proper pre- caution! teemed to have been taken. But on more careful examination It wat uiually found that tome one ettential element wat wanting. The ino«t common danger teema to lie in fancying that a lightning-rod is necessaiily properly connected with the earth if it dips into a mass of water. Far trom it. A well-construoted reservoir full of wa:«r is not a good " earth " for a light- ning-rod. The better tbe stone- work uid cement the less are they fitted for this special purpose, and great mitchief hat been done by forg«ttiag tlut. In just the oodeat little nouk under tbe shadow of a great tree, irght where the ahelving rocks made a nice settee with a book to it, they were sitting. Down, down at their feet waa the aoondiagsea, coreeaing, withiu mij^ty hoga, the ahore. "Is not tbe sea inspiring T" said the. '*See yonder snowy soils, 'ftey are like â€" they are like â€" " " Are they f mid sbe, as she dog her poroaol into tbe bank. " No tkey are not," replied he shaiply, and tha sotiasm ef the breeoe was cslonc in comparison with tbe frigidity of the rest of that day. She had intatrapted him jest ea the brink of a very important deriaratioa. wkich ahe will ever wait for now. A BAaieai. aewapoaor of Paris printa s letter from one of the Raosian Nihilists who expelled from Froaee oa the eve of Its. Hesogr* â-  misfertaoe the moraing, imnriseaad, photo- gra^ of them token as taoogk they had been eemmoa eriminaU, then kaadeoffed, oad marohod to the rmlread omtioa. He aika wkottodrem thaaoio, aa mottom ooer ttw diaftâ€"eo, fsr the viaHma of sash pa* Use oatr^^ sa this and hs rsouads all e ouu e raed that in free oooatriM â- aistoosted aa a erfaaiaal aatfl hkkai laafuly triad, eoaviotsd. A woMAir who boa foar aoai I herooH with a yoar. ecmnarssl haa foar a all aailore, A ttapcTOAB rrn tiMi aad Irisad wt tha P.I â-  ,, r,-i^i-V«Z^^||^,^„^^ ^^^^ "'Y *•" W "tttI TT^ iMi a! O tt_i._ â€"d w k o has jaot sold a poiatfam of a sesae m Vsaiee f«c aig^ hawlrsd dMhia. Tm woad mfa l boy-vioUamt D'A^iort, wboiabaafaanagaopopalar iali^aad, fa mid to be, mtpitoofhiageaioLa "tkoroo^ boy, laugliing, jokiiig, to aayfan." BatUia moment he oome o to the piaao he is like aa Anb horse, with thrillins 1 di'otsd. Ia a Britiak pern i o list appMn 496 Doatss, ef wkiefa five date from tbe thir- teeoth eentory, 6 from the foarteenth oaa- taiy, U from the fifteonth oontory. 90 from tha s ixt smth oentnry. 67 from the sevsa- tseath etatoty, 110 from the eighteenth oeatory, aad 271 from the nineteenth oea. toty. Tax Sohaafa anite iaoonao'ablaca aoooant of the death of Tahir Effendi, hia chief aa- trologor. Among other privileges, this aorthy bad a monopoly iii almanaca, «»d amaig tha predietions laat year was that a oertaia day woald be propitious for the por- chaae of a beautiful white slave, which oana- ed a run on the market, and a riae in the ar- ticle. WuH Adeline Patti waa a little giri of ten yean ahe had a filial atUchmeat for Ole Ball, whoi^ she alwayt oaUed " Oley." He it qaoted in the Waihington PotI aa onoe laying that he relied more on ber critioiam of hia playing than upon that of any other judge, tur the development of her muaioal powan even at that early age wat truly marvelloua. The PrinceasjConstantine Badzivil, sister of Mile. BUnc, tbe other heisess of the Mo- naco gaming tables, has a superb head of hair, and pride in it is ber pecnhar weakLess. She is attended at Dieppe by a Parisian hair- dresser, aad the it taid to enjoy nothing more than watohipg the coiffeur in tbe mir- rrir before ber aa be gCKi through hit opera- tions teveral timm a day. The marriage of tbe Barooeai Buidett Contts it postponeel, it it said, until after a tborougb investigation is made into the question of saccetsion to tbe property. Mr. Asbmead Banlett, the rumored bridegroom, is tall, wears a moustache snd imperial, speaks well, but with an American accent, is s favourite with women, if not with men, and said to a friend, some weeks since, that he waa presently going to do tomething that would attonish London. The Duke of Buckingham, now Governor of Madras, ia renowned in India aa a skil- ful whip. He drives bis pair of beautiful Arab piniet over bypethi and along piecipi- cet on tbe hillt where men with veiy ttrong nervet and the quietett of brutet would bet- itate to follow. Hit lateit feat in this re- spect has been to drive tbe ponies to the top of Dodabetta, the highest point in tbe Mad- ras Presidency, and Where no vehicle of any description has ever been before. Adeli.na Patti bought not long since a Welsh estate called Craig-y -Nos, and bad alterations and enlargements made at a cost of fifteen thousand pounds. Sbe bas since been sued by the builder for twenty-tive liuiidred pounds, it being a question of dis- puted accounts. When she leached the place, after her fatigueing London ceason, fireworks of all descriptions were set off in welcome â€" buruiug balloons, rockets, and candles, and her own portrait, with the names, in lettera of fire, of her operas. One of Ole Bull's tricks was, when he had dimin shed his tone to a nearly inaudi- ble piauitsimo, to continue the attitude, as if be were playing, but actually having drawn off the bow entirely frtm the violin, holding it in the air, and producing no tone 4 wiiatever while tbe audience, in raptur-8 at the eoftcess of his really inaudible sighs, made car-trumpets of their hands, and bent forward, eager to catch the sound which did not exist. Then tbe violinist, as if sudden- ly awakening out of a trance, bowed to tbe enraptured audience. The Duke ot Leinster, the Mai quizes of Waterford and Headfort, the Ejirls of Ken- mare, Longford, and Meath, Lords O'Neill, Anoaly, and De Vesci aie almost the only noblemen of first-class fortune who make Ireland their residence forthegreater portion of the year bnt the owners of the largest estate*, with tbe exception of the Earl of Pembroke, whose property is almost entire- ly in the tity and suburbs of Dublin, geuer- ally res de in that country two or three months annually. Sir Kichard Wallace, who, next to Lord Downshire and Pembroke has the largest rent roll in Ireland, lost no time in hiring a residence contiguous to his estati-, on which, though they drew from it $3(X),000 t ye^r, his predecessors the Mar- quises of Hertford, never had a hom The Mariiuis of Londonderry, owner of the Seaham Harbor and culleries, where the recent disaster occurred, is one of tbe half a dozen largest coal ownen in England. He inherited tl is property from his mother. His father was half brother of the historic Lord C'astlereagb, afterward Marquis of Londonderry, whose mother was the sister of the Mai quia of Hereford, tbe Lord Stey- neof " Vanity Fair " and Lord Monmouth of "Coningsby." Tbe riee of tbe L'lndun- derry family (.Stewart is their name) haa I ee n rapid. A hundred yetre ago they Were mere Ulster 'S|uires to-day they stand in the Hret rank of nobles. Their en- tertainments in London this year, at Lon- donderry House (formerly Holdernetif), ia. Park lane have been splendid. OENEBAlJ Ro.sA BuNiiEL'K baa given to tbe JarJin des Plautes the lion and lioness which have to long terved her aa models. The life of tbe Prince of W'alet is insured for forty thousand pounds, for which be pays an annual premium of eight hundred pounds, in order that bit family may not be left des- titute. Gen. Halkell of the Salvation Army is journeying in the West. At St. Louis he rushed out of his ten} and kicked one of the coloured boys who were disturbing the meeting. Repenting of bis conduct, be kissed the boy and gave him twenty cents, but tbe twenty cents did not appease the youngster's wrath nor the kiss heal the kick, and he had tbe General arrested. A â-  fine of ISO was impeieed. M. Saoniek writes in the Eeonomut* Franeai$, tbtt each international exposition since that in Loudon in 1863 has proved the great advance in the methods ot vine culture in Spain. The consumption of wine per in- habitant in Spain is scarcely one bajf that of tbe indivi'lual Frenchmau, and tbe ex- ports haue of late years increased euormous- ly. In 1869 they reached l,8o7,842 hecto- litres in 1874, 2,117,298; m 1878, 2,t)72,- 168. While Spain tends immense quantities of wine tu France, France eeuds tesarcely any in cwnvparison to Spain. Of the wine sent by Spain to France, France haa herself consumed about half. Of the remainder, the United States and South Ameaica texik ' (he bulk. Much of the so-called French claret drunk here is really Spanish, and ia tent to France with tbe view of getting tbe Bordeaux Coatom House brand. Some of the features of Taxation in Eaie- land are peculiarly just and desirable. If anybody leaves you $500 you have to pay $10, and if be dies without a will, you wiU then pay $1.5 to get this $500. The Gov- ernment fee on a $5O,U00 legacy is $1,000, and $1,. 500 if there be no will, atfel if the legacy be $1,000,000, then tbe Queen'a fee is $77,500, or, without a will, more than $100. 000. if you atttdy and become a barriater, the admission ceMts you $250, or at much as you are likely to earn tbe fint year. Wbea you graduate in medicine you pay $50. If yoti become a mere notary public Ui admin- uter oaths it esostt you $150. When yoa execute a leaae to rent your house for any- thing above $150 a year, you pay about leventy cents. If yuu want armt and creet on your cairiage, you pay $11, and if yoa get thete armt " granted to yon, and u a measure fully rcexignized, yon have to pay $50 license. One carriage is taxed $11 and yonr dog costs $1.25 a year. For a license ' to carry a gun you pay $2.50. The tax ta every male ssrvant is $4. WoRKlNOMEM 's societiw in ^i^and grow to enormous proportions, f^^y Wnanse, in sdditioa to their trades union featares, they take tbe place of tbe mutoal aid and beneficial associations le common in tkw couatry. Fonr of ths great ff^iglith socie. ties â€" the Eogineen, Iron Foondert, Boiler Maken, and fiteam Engine makert â€" have neariy eighty thoaoand members, with in- o n a iu i amooating to over ope miUioo doUan ysor. They paid cat in 1879 more than twice as maah, chiefly for the beaefit of ' aasmban Who were aick or out of work. A oallion doUan wat tpent 00 the naemployad, mo o th in form of donotioot, bat a laq|o oaMinnt for tmveUing snieaoeo. A qam^tar of o million woo O'warded to mea on ateike, bat tkia was caly oaa-sigkth of the whofa aaaooat diattibated, the aocietim act sa- coar^giagBtrngglm with ampkyen, aiiiifa of thoae aad ef oooDorativ fat tlagland is remarkable lor eoc vaat ooipotatiuiM beum (oryaaMvithqnttei eially qaahiad lor oaoh