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Al . ' >ut,. Oli 1 know a little maiden, -!,! lived elose in iii t hi.ine ; \> lie.li tlie air with | .,.,,. j H in, 1,1 ii In tin- cvouhiK the will r.iinn In Hie evening down tin. nieadiiw I it th.' stilt- up.. i, the IHIIC. v. lien- beneath tlie oak-true shadow Mie will meet IKI l.>\ftjjaiii. ! li very many lovers, il.it i his maiden, bait a score ; Sue X fortune in |) u > fc .|,n,.| \\ llli llur tw-cnt) pair, nr more. licre's th,. banker anil the tailor v It.i re Idiikiut out for wives, A M our |>arsou'siK>n a Bailor Will make IOVD heu he arrivM. Then tin- i urnte comeii to prattle VII thu g(mi|i nf the town. U lule th- captain talks u" liattle. \ud Uwitves with a frown. There'll a farmer ervry Kriiluv ( 'nines to market in'onr aquare Urinjdn* with him, wet ,,r ilry day, runlet gatlieri'd (or tin- fan". Tin y implore her, till he blushes sys they iln nut know their mm.l !v their vows mill >.|>-.-ch. s friltlu- lluti.heiiiot iifliiukuid; K. T Hhu telli me of their going. With a lautiliiiiK sort of nntl<-. And I kuow what I am kni>wiu, " And 1 lru it at thu ml. . fiinn straighten itself and spring, with the Pretoria u in its hand raise.! to the level of its Hcid.ll>c head, down into a tlip, which hid it from form, i j.l sight. Then came a pause, lasting perhaps toward tl for twenty seconds. On the farther side of As thev the dip was a large flat rock, which was c<>n\cnieii straight in a line with the fiery ball of the evident setting sun. Suddenly a tall figure sprang by some w] up out of the hollow on to this rock, fol- stage ahein lowed by another figure, in whom Krnest happen, t recognized Mazooku. For a moment, the outspans two men. looking from their position like three i.e. -a figures atire. struggled together on the top dying tire of the flat stone, and Krnest could clearly This was distinguish the quick flash of their spears Krnest, wl as they struck at each other, then they vanished together over the edge of the stnlie. By Jove !" said Ernest, who was trembling with excitement. I wonder how it has ended." W 1 just above about sixty . uiid.inK.-t tloHtication. :it on they ) , .iits|.m tit up Ihcd for tl, [Oil Wllfll f then. S.ifr^ ilunig their j v wee able is to tvail tliej if thtr predec iiiat-r <>f Iiv4 lwa> .lil good cook A beoiue. Out Ixithers of Juth /in an tr lire i|iiesti< ij Inced, how licioiit fire l boil kettle w| no fuel to make ifcf is the \ "At the first break of dawn, so that they may have light to take the waggon away "Good ! we shall escape them. The moon will be up in an hour, and we can track uv ,iv." The l,i U face fell. "Alan :" he said, "it is impossible ; there is a spy watching the camp now. He is up there among the rocks ; I saw him aa 1 brought the oxen home. If we move he will rep it it, and we shall be overtaken in an hour. ' Mr. AUton thought for a moment, and then made up his mind with the rapidity that characterizes men who spend their life in dealing' with savage races, Mfti'i. iku!" he called to a Zulu who was sitting smoking by the camp-fire, a man wh inn KrncMt had hired as his particular servant. The man arose and came to him ind Haluted. !! w.i- nut a tall man ; but standing there nude except for the inoocha" round hU centre, his proportions, especially those of the chest and lower limb*. 'looked gigantic. He had been a soldier in one of Cetuwa\ o'g ' .^mil-lit >. but having been so Indiscreet as to break through some of the Zulu marriage laws, had been forced to IK lor refuse to Natal, where he had become a was fairly down, they were till enormously see Mn/onkti coming trotting cross the plain droning a littli relieved to cheerfully Zulu song as he ran. His appearance, how ever, was by no means cheerful, for IK was perfectly drenched with blood, some of it flowing from a wound in his lift shoulder, and the rest evidently till recently the |>crsonal property of 'some- body else. Arrived in front of wli. re Mr. AUtou and Krnest were standing, he raised his broad assegai, which was still dripping blood and Haluted. " I hear," said Mr. Alston. "I have done tin: Inkoosi's bidding. There were two of them ; the first I killed easily in the hollow, but the other, a very- big man. fought well for a llasutu. They are dead, and I threw them into a hole, that their brothers might not find them easilv. Good ! go wash yourscJf and get yoar master's things into the waggon. Ktop ! let me sew up that cut. How came you to be so awkward as to get touched by a liasutu. Inkhoos, he was MTV quick with rewarded, fur tl " Hoo: ah! sticks, Mn/ookii By Jove ! there There was a 1 with a buck hor in it, left him. took it up and seemed familia round and lonki and suddenly st What is' the Alston, who had Look there.' two initials cut Well. 1 see knife ; so mud lit -tif. of South Afi -icaltravel. shall know presently," answered lire i., thuiefore, leuliarly Mr. Alston, coolly. At any rate the die for the last half tyr of tie was cast one way or other, and we may as was always in u well make a bolt for it. Now, you /ulns, UK to whetler t down with those tents and get the oxen or had not been inspanne.l. and look quick about it, if yon theirs burning. don't want a Bassutu assegai to Bend you that one nnrai to join the spirit of Chaka." | fourteen mile* The vporlooper Jim had by this time 'expected to re_ communicated his alarming intelligence to the waggon was he driver and other Kafirs, and Mr. outspan-place Alston's exhortation to look sharp was Mazooku, who 1 quite unnecessary. Krnest never saw camp a black shadow struck or oxen inspamied with such ' predecessors h rapidity before. Hut before the first tent siderate. In bwn called from the asy stages ly found it fhich it was ne purpose veiling one litly did this five or six leu than Ives of the >rs' ctuiip. interest to and a very the tfrcat ir. i- the make snf- you have tt iiueetion [ready -made l-ptaUe, and rek. Krnest expectation _ ire them had liderat enough to leave us. whs it came to paw w lieu they were ubout i 1'retria, which they tlit tone evening, and 'ly .h wing up to the est, coonipanied by jed abcit after him like forw I to see if their or had not been con mstai'c energy was re wns nil burning. 1 Ernst : " get the id go an till the kettle. knifi I, a may-bladed knife ndle aid a corkscrew he dyit; fire. Krnest ked at i ; somehow it 3 him. He turned it the silvr plate ii|xjn it, tter, Knest?" said Mr led then. e answered, pointing to he knife. me fellow hat left his better for the under.' WOMKN AND THtlK An \rilti Thluk* \i... ii. 111 i. ni- Nol t> Wrar Tl|{hl-rittlll Women who pose as model* hare, as a , poorly-shaped fee*,' said an artist to a New York Mail <ni<l KrfrtM reporter. "If their feet are not poorly shaped they are apt to be You have I lard me speak of > friend to Tlmlks hi* knife : I garc it lim \ears ni.'i. l.iik J. J." NuiiHciise ' ' it ii some knife like it ; I I:IM seen huinlfrds of that make.' ' I believe th- it is the Hme. He mutt H- there." Mr. Alston slruffied bin Hhoulderm. Not out of proportion by being too small. The reason is obvious. Women are ambitious to haw small feet and hands, and at an early age they begin to wear tight shoes. The result is that their feet are cramped and do not grow with the other member* of the body. Of course, there are some professional models who began early in life and never cramped their feet with tight shoes. They have correct proportions. I speak generally of the mass of women who become models after they are 1H years old. Women imagine if they have small feet and hand* they have ail that is necessary to gne them a shapely appearance. A worse mistake was never made. Women who are large should naturally have feet in pro- portion ; from an artistic point' of view they look better. Bat you cannot make them think so. ' A crusade ought to be waged against wearing tight shoes. The ti^fht shoes in the first place cramp the toes all together, until they lose shape and become frescoed with corns. The foot doesn't get the free circulation of blood ill it that it should have and falls behind ingrowth. The big toe UDually bears the brunt of the sin for ig shoes, and manages to have a large lump gather just where it joins the body of the foot, The Americans are more prone to wear tight shoes than the English women. The French, outside of Paris, are not de- voted to the semi -barbarous habit either, and some of our finest models come from the Provinces of France. The nobility are supposed to have small feet and hands, but that is an erroneous impression, aa many noble families I could mention in England are noted for their large feet. All Ameri can girls feel their nobility, and hence they wish to have small feet. To produce a race of perfect shaped women a reform must be made in their shoes, even if we have to substitute the ancient sandal." spe-ar and fought like Mr. Alston did not probable," he his I Krnest madd j staring at the k no ife. answer. He stood groom: and picked up a peculiar language which lie called Knglish. Kveii among a people where all men are fearless, ho bore a reputation for bravery. Leaving him landing awhile. Mr. Alston explained the state of the case to Ernest and what V (impose.) t,, do. Thei r-3 addressed the /ulu. " Mi/.-. stout needle and cat. reply, but taking a . Have \ou wtitten to >nur people l.tt. h , some silk from a little ; Ernest ?"" huswife he carried in his |M>cket, he quickly " No ; the stitchi-d up the assegai gash, which fortu- there in Hik niitely was not a deep one Mazooku Blood I without flinching till the job was letter I wrote AmuliiK Hult In i;. u.n .1 to i. .-i 1 1 m: a A very amusing case was heard in the Toronto' Division Court yesterday. Ti action was one brought by Mr. M. M. Kin* bailiffand detective, against Mrs. Peter Bur ton to recover $70, which he claimed tc b geiua, Opera of his see ma. HE MTAYKU. i* Voulifc- Man Who J>ld Not <i<> On ii.-i w. .-it A<-taii<l Wliy. It is a very good story which Treasurer Prior, of the Chicago louse, tells about a young 'nan cquaiiitauce. This young man, it a good-looking, of a nice family and a good leal of a favorite with the ladles. But he s altogether too fond of a little red liquor, leatlv trimmed with lemon and things and served in cut glass so fond, indeed that some of the more careful gins have of late 'ought shy of hi escort to places of amuee- ment. One day last week he invited a voung lady living on Indiana avenue to go and see " One ..f Our Girls." She wanted M see the play. and. the truth is, rather iked Tom we will call the young man Tom for short but she hesitated about accepting the invitation. Her friend* advised her to decline, and warned herttiat if she accepted Turn would leave her alone few minutes after every act while , I was out interviewing the nearest bejr- ton to recover 7U, will f hln ,y.. 11 giv confessed that the joke w due him for his services in arranging mm tl ,d the reproof a merited one. marriage between Mrs. Burton a- A '" ,[, promised that if again given the p! husband It M'I*jk r r "'n ur ton ' iind wms 'les/r " re "' " cortin hu charming i ompanic and then retired to wash In-. spring. The short twil>.J!ht rapidl) timtn wno * tfniug to ,. . ,j ,, before Jeffries .li-d." t the "" Like enough he never got to l.;.d. i i burg. He would not have dared to go to .......... faded into ' Ly.l.-nbiirg after the war broke out. You rapidly darkness, /-. rather into what would have should write." "orkncss taki it not been for the half- j " 1 mean to, fnui. I'retoria ; but some- rown in. KIII. which was to serve to light how 1 have had no liesvrt for writing.' them on their path. Then a large tire having been lit on '.he site of the camp, to make it appear as though it were still |. it. \liei e, the order was given t.. start "'-Txcii man." into g in its gays that you told him that when you were Cetawayo's man in the I'ndi Kcgiment, you once killed four Uasutim. who set upon vou together." Mazooku Baluted. by ifti-d hi* right wav of answer. ami and and then glanced slightly at the asaexui-n'-mmls on his chest. " Well, I tell your mt<"- that I do not believe you. It is a lie you sgicak 'o him ; you ran away from Cetaw..to Iwcuii:* you did not like to fight and !>. killed as the king's ox. as a brave man sliould." The Zulu colored up under his dusky akin, and again glanced at IIIH wounds. " Ow-w t" he said. ' Bah ! there is no need for you to look at those scratches ; they were left by women's nails. You are nothing but a woman. Silence ! who told you to speak .' If you are not a woman, show it. There in an armed Hnsiitu am ng those rocks. He wat . h.-s us. Your master cannot eat and sleep in peace when he is watched. Take that lug h'ingwiiii' (stabbing assegai) you are so fond of showing, ami kill him, or die a cownr.l ' He must make no sound, remember." MaK)ku turned toward Krnest for con- firmation of the order. A Xulu always likes to t.ike his orders straight from his own chief. Mr. Alston noticed it, and added : " I am the Inkoosi's mouth, and H|>rak his words." Ma/ooku saluted again. and turning, went to the waggon to fetch his assegai. " Tread softly, or you will wake him ; and he will run fiom so great a man," Mr. Alston culled after him sarcimtically. " I go among the rocks to seek ' mouti' " (medicine), the /nlu answered with a smile. " We arc in a serious mess, my boy," said Mr. Alston to Krnest, and it is n toss-up if we get out of it. I taunted that fellow so that there may be no mistake nlin.it the spy. He must be killed, and Mn . i" ikn would rather die himself than not kill him now." I he obedient to the voice of Nothing more WH Haiti about th matter. mi. I Km. st put the knife int.i IIIH [i.wket. That evening they trekked down tin. u^h thu " I'lxirt" Ml commands thu moat the i liiiniiinu of tin- rtouth African towns, and. driver, strained at the trek tow, the waggon on the plain U-low, I'retoria, Uthed in the creaked and jolted, and they began th.ir bright glow of the evening sunshine, smiled flight for life. The order of 'march was as its welcome t.i them. Mr. Alston, who follows: Two hundred yards ahead of the knew the town, determined to trek straight waggon walked a Kafir, 'with stricl orders through it and ..utfpaii the waggon on the to keep Ins eyes \ery wide open indeed, and farther side, when' he thought there would report in the" best way possible under the be better gra/.ing fur the cattle. Accordingly, circumstances if he detected anv signs of an they- rumbled "n iwst the jail, past the ainliiish. At the head of the long line of pleAnnnt white building which afterward cattle, leading the two front oxen bv a became < i.iveriinient Honse, am 1 -v'lich was " rim," or strip of buffalo-hide, was "the at that moment occupied by he Kngh-di /ulu Ixiy Jim, to whose timely discovery S|>ecial ( 'oiiimitMoner and his staff, about they owed their lives, and by the side of whose doings all sorts of rumors had the Waggon, the driver, s Ca'pe Hottentot, reached them during their journey, and on plodded along in fear an. I trembling. On to the market -wnisre. This aiea was at the waggon-lxix itself, each with a Win that moment crowded with Boer waggons, ch.ster re|H-ating rifle on his knees, and whose owners had trekked in to celebrate k. -cp nit! a sharp lookout into the shadows, their nachtmnal" (communion*. .>f which sat Mr. Alston and Krniwt. In the hinder it is their habit, in company with their part of the waggon, also armed with a rifle wives and children, to partake four times a and keeping a keen lookout, sat Mazooku. year. The " Volksraexl," or local Parlia- The other sen-ants marched alongside, itnd incut, was also in ipec-ial session to consider the boy Hogcr was asleep inside, o;t the the pro|K>snls made to it on Mialf of the cartle," or hide bed. Imperial Government, so that the little And so they travelled on hour aft. mr. town was positively choked with visitors. till the dawn found them the other .i.leof The road down which they were passing the wide plain at the foot of the mountain- ran past the building used as Government range. othces, and between this and the Dutch Here they rested for two hours, and let church a consiilerable crowd was leathered, theoxon fill themselves with the lush grass, which, to judge from the shouts an. I M.llcxs They had travelled thirty miles since the of oaths Dutch and Knglish-tliat pro- yokes were put up n their necks, not far Deeded from it. was working itself up into a m muling to our way of journeying, but state of excitement. far for cumbersome oxen over an " Hold on." In Able Financier. ' Mary." said an economical husband, I want to make yon a Christmas in.-t.nt his year, but I really don't know what to get. I guess I'll post] 41: i it until next year and then get something nice." "John, you said that last \.-.ir " Really' now, did I ? Well, that prove* hat I never forget yon." " But, John, you 'may be dead by next ,-ear." "Why. that's true, and if I don't v,at.te .my money on Christmas presents you'll be so much the totter off. R.-allv, Man, I'm glad to see you look at matters In such a sensible light." Hi- I ... I Not Look II i |. t .> A dog with a tin ran attached to ViH tail i) a strong cord paused hurriedly down street. " Is that dog mad '.'" inquired an anxious very far for cumbersome oxen over almost impassable country. As soon as the sun was well up they inspanned again, nnd hurried forward, bethinking them of the Hasutu horde who would now be pressing on their spoor ; on with brief halts through all that day and the greater part of the fol- lowing night, till the cattle began t . fall down in the yokes - till at last they i --.ed the boundary and were in Transvaal terri- .' tory. , When dawn broke. Mr. Alston took the i glasses and examined the track over which I they had tied. There was nothing to lie I seen except a great herd of hartebeeflt. " 1 think that we are safe now," he anl I at last, and thank God for it. Do you know what those Hasutii devils would have shouted Ernest to the voor- loopcr. mid then, turning to Mr. Alston, " There is a jolly row going on there ; let IIH go and see what it is." " All right, my boy, where the fighting n, there will the Englishmen be gathered together," and they climbed down off the and made for the crowd. (To lie continued.) i I..IMH..II ! a 4ii.i. Chappie I say, Aw, don't call call me Smith. Slnvt |,,.. v know " Would it not have been safer to send done if they hud caught us ?" another man with him ?" > What ?" " They would have skinned us, and made into ' mouti' (mrdi- theni the " Yes ; but I wan afraid that if the scout saw two men coming toward him he would make off, however innocent they iniuhl look. Our horses arc dead, and if tlmt fellow escapas we shall never get out of this phi . alive. It would !.' folly to ex|>ect It i,utiis to distinguish lietwoen Boers and Kn^lishiiien when their blood is up. nnd besides, Hikuknni has sent orders that we are to be killnd, and they would not dare to First Chappie -But, bah Jove, yer name wnn KniMli. . Seiond Chappie Yead, lint I've changed it to Smith. Smythe is too dixxjid com mon, don'tcherkiiow. //nr/x-r'i ll<i:or. our hearts and livers .in.. I. and eaten them to give courage of the white man." ' By Jove !" said Krnest. CHAPTKH XXIV. IT was on Christmas Day, 1 .--i., the Cliriilinn l.ra<lrr reminds us, that Dr. Coke and his three companions landed at Antigua A IIKIIOIC I'OMIIAT. When Mr. Alston nnd Krnest found themselves safe upon Transvaal soil they to start missionary work in the West Indus; and by a remarkable cniiicidcnci it was in the am year -that is, exactly I hundred years ago that CharloH Giant one of tin founders of the Church Mission- disobey. Look, them "goes Mr. Maaooki ' determined to give up the idea of following iviy KocicH. nnd William Carey first for- with nn assegai as big as a firo- shovel." ' any more big game for the present and to OUUy propounded tln-ir The koiJe. or stony hill, where the spy content themselves with the comparatively The Rcdemptorist Fathers prmrhing tin 'humble uilderbeeste, blwbok, springbok, retreat at Kt. .lames' Church. Montreal and other small aiitelo|M'H. having imitecl those wlio attend to ' -n It was a wild, rough life that they led, tribute towards having a brilliant illunii hut by no means a lowering one. nation for a s]>ecial service to lie hel<l The result of Mr. Alston's observations some scoinid rid look advantage of this, am was hid, was almm throe hundred yards from tho little hollow in which the camp was formed, and across the stretch of bushy plain between the two Mnxxiokn was .piietly strolling, his aswiiai in one hand nnd two long sticks in the other. I'rcsentlv he umixlifd in the shudow. for the sun was rapidly setting, and nfier what seemed a loii'^ pause to Krnest. who was watching his movdmenti through a pair of field y| rr'n|Hi"arcd walking nlone; the shoulder of the lull 1-1 ;ht against the skv line, his .,,-, fixed ii|i-i -i the cr.iund as though he / (tie . i. 'Vires (if :h. for lh. in- il h'-rb-i which Xulus prixe. All of a > i ! l.-ii Krii.-st saw the stalwart had Ix-cn to make him an extremely shrewd placing himself at the door of tin- 1 hi. r. h compani'm, and an excellent judge of men lifter the sermon on Wednesday night and their affairs. commenced to ask contributions for this Itetwceii shooting aud philosophical di- illiiiiiiimti..n. After few IMTKOIIB had Mission, th" time passed pleMHiUy enMtfh, ;,r. en inoii. > , n largo miml>cr of the n.n till at length they drew near to Pretoria, ^rcRalimi nalnrally followed suit. takin k i|.n.ilof tlie Transvaal, where they this iielivuhiul to be an authorized col n. 1. 1 de< -id'-d to go and rest the oxen for a lector. However, the fathers have not y'et month .11 -two before making arrangeni. nts ,,-eneilln r the money or the individual fora real hij gaini excursion up toward against wjiom those, attending the churcl Central \frica. They struck into the have iM-en warned. mtng his wife. To bring about she secured the service* of the ilamtiff The latter succeeded in arranging he desired marriage, but did not succeed in securing the removal of Mr. Burton's pre- ling housekeeper, who was felt to be the way. The marriage came off as arranged, hut the newly wedded couple did lot agree, and the handsome housekeeper was put down as the caue, it being alleged that she was estranging Mr. H irton's atfec- ions from his spouse with the aid of an elixir of love. Mrs. Burton determined to est thepntcncy of thiscont|KMi:id winch she i, no, he wouldn't do that," said the lady. but he would," the advisers re- plied ; ' he took Em Johnson week before axt and went out three times and came m chewing cloves and coffee, and Em wa so mortified that she nays " Hut he wouldn't leave me alone in the theatre, I know." the young lady retorted, confidently, "and to prove it I will accept In. invitation." On the way to the theatre Tom was all gallantrv, and the cnrtain onoe up he wail greatly 'intere-ted in Mr Howard's ne** drama. But at the end of the first act he made a brief apology to the effect that he wished to speak with a friend whom he saw standing in the foyer, and rose to go. Hut he didn't go. Something seeme<l to take hold of his coat tails and pull him back into bis Heat. Imagine poor Tom s . hagrin and surprise when a second's investigation show.-d him that his fair companion, who ut with such an innocent look in her brown eves had pinned his coat to the upholster- ing of the seat with a good, strong safety- inn. Tom's face felt as if it ws on a broiler, and a cold wave or two ran up and down his spinal column, but he didn't say a word. Nor did he leave hit seat until the curtain fell on the happy denouement in the play The end of the little drama in the parquet seats was -.mally agreeable, for on tW'"-' *"'? Ollt I n la " 8 aveimTcxn- onfc --d that tlie j.'W was on He >lees- _ ipsnion ta the theatre, no -ufetv pins would be needed to keep him in his seat. lid by applying it to h.-r husband's coat if^jn.-n appeared at a corner window of toils, 'which 'did not have the desired etTect.* 1 fiBr,.md story. neart?~rofTr "" The wife then using more forcible arguments with Mr. Burton, a separation followed. Mr*. Burton in the w lines, Ixix denied that he plaintiff had rendered the aervioee laimed. To her solicitor she gave the rcdit of arranging the marriage. Judgment was reserved. stretcher. The girl had only her night clothes on at the time. Immediately after Miss Magann had taken the leap for life the other girl, Mary Corcoran, a waitress. foil. .wel her example. She ap|>earcd to be anxious about her watch, which she threw to a man, but he missed it, and it wa* broken on the footway. As she was taking; the leap, a constable called to her to jump I. .ward him, and she fell into his arms. She. had no other clothing than her night- wrapjior. The restaurant was destroyed. The injured girl had her ribs fractured. Pull Mall Hatrtlf. Well," responded another, "I caught a glimpse of Ins countenance as he nasHi by, and he didn't look the first bit pleased. "- tt'lnirii 7'K/wi/r/i. The widow of the late King of Hanover is dying. A shoemaker of Hamburg offers to fast :*) (ln>s. working the whole time. The action of Mrs. Adams against her father. Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, has been settled privately. In January all French employed on the Alsace Lorraine Railway will be dismiwed and replaced by Germans. IjorH Crsnhrook has made a permanent reduction of MO |icr cent. |icr annum in the rents of bis farms in Kent county, England. Lad\ Itandolph Churchill has issued 2,000 invitations to a reception which will l>e held at the Koreigu Office on January 12th. There was a heavy snowfall in the west of Ireland yesterday. It seriously impedes and thn-atens to entirely stop railway travel temporarily. Sn H. 1). Morier, British Ambassador at St. I 1 , tei-sbiirg, has been summoned to London to confer with the Uovernim-nt concerning fresh disputes which have in i -.-n regarding the Afghan frontier. Valuable seams of coal have been (Us- TOM red in the vicinity of Poscn. They ...v.i an area of 1,500 hectares, and are estimated to contain 7">0.000,000 hectolitres. The Sue/ Canal Company and tlicK.gyp ti.tn ( ,n\. i inn. nt have agreed to the widen ing of Ike SneftOanal. From Pi .rt Haiti to the I'.ittci Lukes, the canal will bell metro, wide, aud from there to Suez 0-' Bmperor WilUan makes daily \i-it- t.> filter den Linden stores for the purpose of purclmMiig Christ nuts 'pr<*nit for tin- I hope he'll marry that girl." added the genial Mr. Prior, "'because if he does) she'll reform him and make a inai. out of I, mi, as sure as guns ( /u. .:; Hrniltl. A I.It I - I i i| for lil. Karly this morning a Are broke out in a restaurant at the corner of Dmry street. There were nine sen-ants sleeping in tin house, seven of whom managed to get out safely with little .tlier d.ithiiiK than their night-dresses. But two ><>uu|( ground, screaming for aid. immediately above where the tire raging fiercely. One young girl named Annie Magaun jumped from the window and fell on the footway, from which she was taken up in an unconscious state and to Mercer's li.m].ital on th A Wrll \\ ... I . .1 -. I, ...... Don't yon like jelly cake with fntstiiuj lop, Mr. l-'eatherly ' imjnired Hobby. nh, yes," laaghvd l-'eathurly, but ought that I had enten about all the dessert 1 ought. However, since Bobby in ' |.hto aU.iit it. Mrs. Hen. lucks." con- tinued the \oiing man, " I IN he\e \ou may* i i\<- me a small piece of the jelly cake." " All right." said Bobby, " and I'll have -unic.too. Ma said I could have a piece if ho had to cut into it." \. ) ,ir* .Sun. The idea of h>i>iiig the Canadian fish- eries exlnhit in Knglaiid has )>een aban- di.nrd by the Dominion C>overinnent. Kir.lohn Hose, of Canada, is to he mar- lied in January to the Marchioness of TweeddlUe. Hobert (lilpin, ou of the Nile vo\ageurs. lied at ( >tt a -.MI on Sitturtlay utorniiiK from consumption, the effect of a cold contractetl on the Nile cx|dition. The ('.unity Council of Grey on Sntnrday n|,l,mtl Mr Neil W. Cauipboll, of the township of Ben ti nek. to t he otlice of School IIIS|HK tin of South (irey . in the place of Mr. W. I'Yrgiisnn. resiunetl. At a iiKM'ting of Clie Quebec C'ily Council in Kri.lay evening a s|>ccial i -omuiittH> appointed, on suggestion of the Mayor, to I. ration of th the advisability of a proper ccle- fiftieth anniversary i Victoria, f the reign of ( The only out|nit duly deemed necessary for the Mounted Police this winter is the iir.itccti.ui of tho Prince Alls-rt mail route. >etschments ranging from five to fifteen will lie stationed at Kile Hills, Touchwood, Bait I 'In ins, llnniNil.lt and lintoche for the piir|xise. Archie Livingston, a young man eiiiplnyuU in Lilians saw mills, on the tenth Inn, nl,ut five miles CUM! oflVtrolia. met with an accident some days ago. Ilia leg yi .t (illicit iii Uie chain that draws the logs up to Hie saw in the mill, injuring it so badly that it was found necessary to amputate it on Haturdny In-low the knee. It is rumored that the M.. nti.*l Hyndi- i-nte who purchased th, ( ,,rn\ .an silk milk will sell the machinery t" Montreal capital- Uts. win. pu,r|Hise to form a joint stock Imperial household, ['or thirty years lie company for the manufacture of broad hns been aecnst.. ioe.1 t. . deul with the sitine | (.''""Is. handkerchiefs, etc. The building: stores, lie L '. MS at H o'clock in the morn- j 'ill probably lie employed for an entirely |ing in order to evade public curiosity. itevt industry in Canada.