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 â- I it li II "^^^^ 6TAINLE88. i; Br th* Aothor of " Swaet Dorothj OhmI," "LtttiM,"**. TOLD BY DEBORAH ORD. I un croa, di«utiafied, vexed. Jut when I imagiDed all was to be cheery aod comfort- akle, everytbiDg has gone contrary, awry. Jadith i« with oa, laokinubriEhter, yoonger, more aoncie than ever. Sir Martin la happy, almoat fisy, and Napine ia crowded with Tiaiture. Judith reieiu in qneeoly ityle, miatrtM of the grand old place. She and her father returned, after a loos abaenoe, to celebrate Chnftmaa with aa. Their jonmey- inga have done them good. It ia pleanot to obaerve them together, for they are in- deed all a father and daoghter iboald be. Whenever Sir Martio'a eyea fall on his child, his whole face lights up with a bliasfnl radi- ance, while her beauty it never so bewitch- ing aa when she ia near him. Every one taDu of their wonderful devotion. Wise folks wonder how Sir Martin will like the •eparatian that moat come aome day. That Judith will marry again, and marry well, nobody donbta. We are at Napine, Dale. Snow is every- where. The landscape is sbroaded in white, and the clouds are gray and bullen. The ?!ntlemen warn us against walkins far. here will be more snow, they say â€" a neavy fall preseutly. Breakfaat is cleared. The men have vanished, iome to play billiards, some to the atable*, some to the library. The ladiea in the cedar drawing-room goeaip idly, study the weather, r«aa, work, and mute. Dol- neaa prevails. They miss their cavaliers, and tind time hard to kill. I escape to the room Joditb has allotted to baby Will. It ia a charming apartment. Urge, lofty, and prettily fuiniahed. I take ray boy from nnrBe and dismiss her. He looks so hand- some in his velvet fnjck and smart ribbans. I toas him up, and he laughs and crows delij^htedly. I wish Dale could see him but Dale has gone with Sir Martin to the keonelti. There is no one but " mother" to feast her ayes on the tiny face, the fat chubby hands, and sturdy Hgure. I aing merrily, and wtiirpt-r blaodishiDents and uonseose stories. Hrrsently the djor is pushed open gentlv, •ni Judith app-ars. lo her black dress, relieved by hlmy lace, she IS superb, beautiful as a poet's vision. .She i^azes at me, and I fancy that there is a loagiog in her eyes. Superlatively dowered though she i», ahe yet lacks that which crowus and blesses my life. I kiss her, and put liaby into her arms. Her pale face is ni'lden by the rosy one. When she raises her head Will's cheeks are wet, and she wijies away the tear-ilrops nervously. I leave my seat aDi lean over her. "What is it, Judith?" I aak. "Is an; thing amis^ You seem joyous, merry, your mirth feigned " She liMks at me vacantly. " Why should I not be happy?" she fays. Why mdted She has her father, wealth, health, aud beauty. I sigh uneasily, and am atill. She muses as the coals burn redly and the flames flicker â€" muses, and aays abruptly â€" "Deboiah, have we done anything to olfend your brother? Ho never comes to Napine." Ah, that is it I am alow to reply, not knoNving what answer to make. With pain I have watc'lieil Will and Judith lately. They have p" r»iatciitly avoided each other. Will, who thiuka it right that Judith, heiress of Napiuc aud Klluralu.-, shallniit be driven b^ old ri'L'(dleet:uii.' into an engagement with him, IS iHiHitivi ly (old and haughty to her. She, ilieiiiiii^' tiiat hi.i manner implin that he had uioacil to care for her, is careful not to seek Inm. Tliey are drifting *P*"t, acarcely knowing wherefore. In a little while the hreach, now narrow, will have wident- 1 omsiderahly. Judith toys with my cuila. " Mr i-i proud, ia he not ' she murmurs. " Doea he dipi8e iiic for what 1 did " " What was that ' I cry lewililtred. " I left my home and my husband," she stammcra. " I was rash, foolish." " Uh, .luilith, Judiih, you silly child! Will will never despite you. Dots he not love you " ' ' No, no " Then, before I can deny her aaserlion, she exulaima vihciuently. " 1 love him Would that I did noti " She pl.i.fs baby Will in my arms, and Hiv-H uway. 1 unilc as 1 repeat her confess- ion to myni'lf, and then ah. ike off abstracted inuningn. 1 will aec Will, will no to the' Vic;ira:i« at«»nce. Here are two people, lov- in.4 1 a h »*her, but u.-auinini^ in-litft-rcnce. It' is rill uiiWiae ia.stiiiie. 1 will m|h;u WiHV •ey a to hia iolly. The clouds are ainio-t au^ry iion;,'h to d.iunt iii' )iut 1 am'not t â-  bedtterriil .Mynuul w rapn me up warmly, ami 1 tt.irt, i;lowiH|,' with zeal, li I am (juick I ahall 1" at the Vicarage lj lunche u- time and whili- I cat and lrink 1 can -cold Will aa he iliairvc.'.. 1 walk brisklyâ€" i; u â- tinging colti â€" and arrive at the 'icara^e aoouer than 1 anticipated, only however lo ' find my walk haa lieeu in vain. Will iaout, is not i'X|i«cled in till ni.;ht therefore h is useless my waiting to see him. 'VIready it is snowing alightly. 1 weml my way back withlcH.iHpirit, Mot drtamiUL; that, while away, that has conie to pass whicli I hojied to for- ward. Judith tells me all when it ia |uit" an old story, her Inmniu face bluahiug with a supreme content. " Aahamed of the avowal to you of ray love for Will I laii from the nursery to my rHm, where 1 gave way to tears, until I rcmernlwred that I must speedily face my f tests. 1 dried my eyea, and thought that would u lor a stroll, for my head ached, and I thought that tht wind would ilrive it away. 1 stole from the house, not wishing to be seen. 1 wanted solitude, anil if I were observed I should lose all chance of it. Taking the high road, I wandered heedlessly aloni{. By-anl'liy 1 found myself by the brook where Will once aaved my life. It waa suinnier-time then, winter now. Then the lields were in bloom, anl the skies were blue aud sunny now sunshine was but a memory. The very brook, then rippling aud flowing, WA^ still, covi-red with ice. I thought of many things as I walked up and dowu the bunk the piercing cold did not rea-b me, for glad and sorrowful images warmeil my heart. Will had cared for me --he had loved mo when he drew me from the water. ' Oh, that which might have been, but ini^ht not lie 1° My life, which should Ijv a glad round of days, was dreary, empty, aad.' I wrung my hands. 1 wa^ alone, aud no prying eyes could liehold mc. At Napine 1 must bu j.icund, blitho here 1 cuuKI wail forth my woe. Stern Nature would neither rebuke nor cheer me, and I was free to say and do what I chose. It eased my heart to riil it of the perilous stuff weighinij on it. So to the wiutry winds, to the leadcngray aky, 1 told my misery â€" told how I loved Will â€" told how, when it was unlawful for me to love him, I had refrained from thinking of him, but that now there was no reason why he should not utter the words he h.id once, perforce, withheld. I was powerless to resist the torrent of love sweeping over me. I whispered it all in my abandon. 1 c.tred not that 1 jwned my over- powering love for Will but I asked not that Ills miijht reawaken. I crouched in agony, thanking Heaven, when the throes were strongest, that he was not unworthy of my love, tiradually my emotion spent it- self, aud I grew calm. I tried to brace my- self HTith the assurance that not always wonld my wound thus torment me. Some day I should be able to think of my anguish without intense pain some day I should recall this day and wonder whether my sorrow was so overwhelming. Bat such con- solation was ineffectual. What did the some day ' that might or might not come matter now â€" now that I waa so utterly downcast " I epened the locket I wore at my neck, and looked at the likeness it contained â€" Will's A noble princely face his â€" a face that no woman need fear to revere. Though my love for hlra had ooat me dear, I dared not wish I had not loved him. Better to have lost than never have known him. Oh that he had loved bw with a love eanal to mine I Neither time nor fault shonld have •ffaoed it. I looked at the photograph with taarfnl syea, and then auddenly atarted, •lectrified. A voice behind me said â€" " ' What a'e you looking at, Jud-th ' "It was WilL I waa speechless. He came to me, took the locket from my nn- resiatin^ hand, and gased on his portrait. " ' W here did you get this ' he cried in a rongh tone. " I glanced from him. All around was weird and chill the blast nnmbed me, and I triimbled. H^ repeated his words, thia time in a kinder tooe. '"Deborah gave it to me,' I mnttarad. " • When fâ€" ' Before I left EUeralie.' "â-²b, and voa hare kept it for old •oqnaintanoe' sake f "1 did not respoad. I ooold not. He was omel â€" very cruel to tortnre me. He walked on a few yards, and then came back perhaps my white face toaohed him. â- â€¢ ' Do yon reooUeot what happened here ' he said and I cried, ia the very folnsas ol WKj tribulatjwi â€" '• Yes, 7«a saved my Ufa. Yoa would tera dona m« a ine s tur ssrvioe had yoa lat " ' Ay,' f sffirmad. 'ifUMdonly diad it woold hsTe baeo wall I 111 for aa waa it that ya« r as e oad ma, ill tor ma ia it that I live 1 What ia life that we sateem it so f " ' Jndithâ€" yoar fathar. ' " ' He k)vee sat For hia sake I in* hide my heart and smile bat ' â-  ' • " Will caught my bands. '"Jadith, boahl Tm hars all that makes existence bright; yoa shoald be satisfied.' •"I am.' " ' And yet yoo talk thus wildly, rebelli- oasly.' "Mvfaoe tingled. " ' Be good enough to fotgst urj words,' I said. ' I am not very well looking at the past diatracted me.' ' ' He stared at me, and bowed aaaentingly. I turned towarda Napine, and he walked with me. Very sabdued and humiliated waa I. I almost forgot his presence but he reminded me of it. " ' Judith,' he commenced diffidently, and then ceased abruptly. "Oi what was he thinking Ere I could goess, ha harried on. " ' Right or wrong, I must speak. Do you know that I love you I lore you, Jadith; but who am I that I should sue you to listen to my presamptnoua tale I Has my behavi ur caused yon to think my friendship dead? Friendship 1 It wts never fnendahip I had for you. I always loved you. I love you atiU. Will yon therefore think of ma kindly, and not be hurt that I avoid you? To be where ^ou are ia so terrible I cannot bear it. Judith, say you pardon me, and I will go away. Do not grieve about me. Mine is a oofnmon fate. " Never morning were to evening but some heart did breaK.' " "â- Will!" " One word I utter, his name. What more was needed He looked at me incre- dulously. I laid my head on hia shoulder, he clasped me closely. " ' Is it real?' be said. ' Do you love me, Judith ♦• " ' Oh, yes I You must not leave me, or not one heart, but two will break ' " Tbere is a joy with whioh no tongue mnat meddle. Judith never told hia ankwer to living mortal. It sufficed for her • • • • One more picture, and I have done. A May morning, with juat sufficient keeoness in the air to make the wood-dre acceptable. Judith sita by it, holding a golden-haired little one. I watch her admirioftly, snd think the matronly dignity in her face leaves nothing to be desired. She looks ineffably beautitul. Will, approaching, ia struck anew with her tender Lvelinesa. He kiases her with courtly obeiaance, aud then she gazes at him with a tender smile. " Is she not exquisite," she says â€" "little Cicely " He nods. Bat he is thinking hia wife is far more lovely than hia daughter. Judith continues, not perceiving this. "It all comes to me as I look at her. Will, I prayed once that I might be the last of my line and now I have here another Cicely Napine, and I am glad." His hand is on her head. I echo softly â€" "Cicely Napine." Will has added, by Sir Martin's wish, the name of Napine to his. Judith's voice is aa soft aa the sighing of a summer breeze. " If my mother â€" her grandmother â€" knew how proud we are to call her so Will, that ia the stinu. There is no wrong that works not some evil. I understand why my mother died. I shonld hcve died had I given my babe a tarnished name. Poor mother " I steal off. My heart is blithe. Storm aud tempest are over, for them â€" even aa for me^upon whom no storm has beaten â€" there are sunshine and joy â€" sunshine and joy that shall never be darkened, let them bung what it will. Loving and lovrd, we can trust and not be afraid, each rejoicing. " Tis enough for me and my dftrling That we live and love to-day." ONLY A WOMAN'S HAIR. Uj tho Auuiur ur •â-  A airaiiire'rTK'ndship," 4c. CHAPTER IV.â€" CO.NTINITKD. " Not with my consent I" I cried, my cheeks hot with anger " ami I beg you will oontraoiet the report in future whenever you hear it spoken of." 'â-  Well, w;ll " â€" and he patted me on the shoulder with the fraternal air he used to assume in poor Ko^-e's lifetime â€" " ilon't ex- cite yourself about it Cathie. It is not true, of course it is an awfui bhame for people to to say such things. Let us talk of some- thiui! else." " Herbert," I said, suddenly carrying the war into the enemy's country, "I hive Beard a similar report of you. Is it, true that you are going to be married shortly " He colcur;d scarlet in his turn. " Who could have told you that " he said, "Then it is true?" I persisted, and I saw by hia face that it waa. "Posaib'y," he rejoined. I was quite silent after this I felt un- speakable contempt for him, to think that he could have forgotten my beautiful Rose so soon. He was a thin fair man, slightly balil and somewhat freckled not outwardly my idea of a hero by any means. For my- self, I preferred brown-bearded, broad-shoul- dered men, like one I had once met but thia, of course, was a mere matter of taste, and Hose, had she had been present, would probably not have reed with me in the least. Herbert took a photographic album off the table and began playing with it nervously. " You are offended with me, Cathie " he said. Why should you be? I cannot bring your sister back to life again. If the case had eeu revi rsed, and I had died, n«i doubt she would soon have consoled herself. And, even as it is, Thave my doubts. Cathie " â€" and here he lowered his voice to a mysterious whisperâ€" "to whom do you suppose she gave that missing curl of hair " I started to my feet in a moment, intense- ly interested at the mere mention of this suljcct, but he did not give me time to speak he went on â€" " She did not give it to me, anyhow "â€" and here be betrayed a touch of jealousy in his tone, even now that he had half forgot- ten her. '• Half the fellows in town were wild about her when ahe was there I don't I even know the names of one-third of ler ad- mirers. My belief is she went out that after- I noon to meet some one or other, and gave I away a lock of her hair. Possibly they quar- relleil, and the adair ended tragically." I " Herbert, " I said slowly and impresaiie- I ly, " Rose was perfectly faithful to you al- I ways, more so than yon have been to her. 1 She never parted with that curl of hair in I life. It was taken from her as she lay dead upon the lawn." He started and stared at me uneasily. "What makes you think that?" he in- quired. I told him briefly the story 1 have already related. I had never seen him since that miserable day, and had never yet had an opportunity of rela^ng to him my share in what had occurred. ** "Who ia that," he askedâ€" " that Ull, dark fellow, just ontaide the window " I fallowed the direction of his eyes, and there, leaning against the window-sill, in the gathering darkness of the fast-approaching night, was the man whom I had lately been urged to consider in the light of a suitor for my hand â€" Cyril Vane. were' aoqaamted with ha^" ha addad, atill in a oanataiiiad tdoa. " I do aot raeaUaa* haTinc had tba nlaasnrs of msetiag yoa say SmtMrhan I wia wtUi im." Cjia Ungbad (oftly to hisMalfâ€" it WM al- Boat a s aes r " I think she hsd maarr acqaaintanoaa ol whom yoa knew nothing, he said. " Every one tbooght har handanaws" re- turned Herbert, in his langoid way. " Bat I had no occasion for jealoosy, I sssnreyoa." Handtome I " repeated Cyril soorBlally, CHAPTER V. Seeing that hs was observed, Cyril step- ped in throagh the open window. I intro- dsced him to Herbert, and the two men looked one another ov»t aomewhat coolly and diatantly. As far as I conld judge, it appeared to me as if Cyril was not in the most amiable temper. I retreated to the fireplace, and Herbert followed me. The large photosraph of Rose above the mantelpiece looked down at us. I remember everything that parsed during that evening with the uUroat distinctness, for it was one of the last of my days of freedom. The chaina were fast being forged which were to hold me captive for many a weary day. I had not yet acoepted Cyril Vane oo the contrary, I had given him to under- stand as plainly as I ooald that his attan- tioos were distasteful to me yet hs obsti- nately persisted in forcing them oa my notice. It is quite true that I had not yet said " No " to him in plain words, simply Deoanse ha had not given me the ohaaoa to do so. He had with admirable diploaiaoy applied so far to my father and not to myself. I had some flowaia ia one biaad, aad I began to arrange them meohanioaUy. "Do yon remember," I asked Herbert softiy, " how fond Boaa waa of thaaa, sad how oaoataatly she aroia thsB T I held up a sptay of iwsaiy whita roaa- bnds as I spoke. Then still soft^, I " Mr. Vane met her wUaake waa and thoa^ her orsr-piaisil* flashing out again in a tmrst of admiratiao, fierce m its passiooate intensity. " Hand- some is no word for har. She waa " ' A danghter of the rids, diTinaly tall And most divinely fair. '" " Thank you," I said, taming to Cyril ia- volantarily, with almost the first smile I had ever given bira. " That is a compliment which is worthy of her." He did not reply his eyes fell before mine, and he moved a step or two away from me. I felt that for some unaccountaUe reason the atmosphere was gettii^ stormy. The two men were gaong at each other with disdain and hatred ia their glaooea they seemed to be on the brink of quarreling about a girl whose yonth and beauty were now only a memory to na all. " Who will open some of these English papers for me " 1 asked, in order to create a diversion. "'Ibe msil is jast in, and I have not bad time to look at any of them yet." Cyril at once took up a paper knife and hastened to obey my rt quest. He showed an eager desire to please me, and I felt half troubled that I could not respond more grate- fully to bis desire to make himself agreeable to me. Herbert roae to go. " I am going to have a talk with yoar father, Cathie,' he said, as he moved away. As he paased my chair he stooped a little and w hi spe r ed â€" "If what I hear is true, I confess I pity you. He seems to have an awful temper. ' I took no notioe of the worda, and Her- bert went out, humming â€" " If she be not fair for me. What care I for whom she be?" • • • • • At last â€" bow can I bear to write it? â€" they wrung from me a reluctant consent. The steady daily pressure brought to bear upon me both by father and Cyril Vane broke down my poor defences one by one and forced me at length to come to terms with the enemy- I need scarcely add, after say- ing this, that I did not love Mr. Vane, even though I had at last consented to become his wife. But then 1 did not love any one I only felt a little more interest in one man whom I had once met than in any other that was all. I had no one to take my part in declining to accept Cyril Vane, and it was this which eventually compelled me to agree to his pro- posal. My father's was the iron hand in the velvet glove he waa not unkind to me, yet he would not allow me to have any will of my own. If Rose had'lived, she would have stood by me, even against my father, and never woald she have allowed me to be forced into a marriage that was distasteful to me. If Roee had lived I But Rose wss gene. ' ' To where, beyond those voioee, there waa peace, " My father and Cyril hastened on the mar- riage. My fathar was anxious to sell his property and leave the Colony for England as soon as possible I was an obstacle in the way to this, and the sooner I ceased to ob- struct his path the better. Mrs. Holland â€" oh, how she and I cried at the thoughts of parting â€"was to stay for a time with Home relatives of hers in town, and then she waa to look out for another sit- uation for herself. She was too clever and superior a woman to have much difficulty in procuring one. I had wanted to take her with me to my new home, but Cyril, on being consulted, at once said "No." I might have endeavoured to carry out my point, but my father considered that Mrs. Holland was addicted to spoiling and humoring me too much, and that it would be better she should be parted from me, for a time at any rate so I had no ohiice but to submit. I fancy he thought that I ahould make Cyril a more obedient and decile wife if I had no one to uphold me in any faint at- tempts at rebellion I might feel disposed to t'fler; so with many tears Caroline Holland and I made up our minds to say farewelL This however was the only request of mine that Cyril ever dreamed of ref using. In nil other requests he consulted my wishes to the minutest item. Gladiator was to be s3Dt over to Fern Brook â€" which was the name of Cyril's station â€" some days be- fore the wedding he was to have a luxuri- ous loose box, and the utmost care waa to be lavished on him in every way. Cyril had entirely refurnished his house in accordance with my tatte, as far aa he could gather what that was. He o'ten brought me costly pres- ents. My father conatantly praised his devotion to me, and told me that he was a model lover. At last the day drew near I could make no further excuses for any longer delay. My father was to leave on the very day of my wedding, and to be oo board the vessel the same night his boxes as well as mine were packed and in readiness for a journey. Mra. Holland bad completed all my sewing, save what was done in town, and, with maoh sor- row on both sides, she and I had parted. Herbert Tempest had sent me a beantifnl gold brooch studded with diamonds. Hi^ own wedding was to take place immediately after mine. Gladiator had been sent over to Fern Brook, and I had taken ray last ride under my maideu name. A mad, reckless gallop across country had that last ride been, but it was over my horse had taken better care of me than I did of myself. The autumn evenings were now growing dark and chilly the summer waa quite over ^-even "the last rose of summer" bad drooped and faded on its bongh. The mouutaios had given us one glimpee of their winter splendour. Pure anow-whitc and sharply defined, their lofty peaks stood out against a cloudless sky one bright eunny morning the next day they bad-retired into a misty background of aoft li^ac haze once more. Still, tney had given us a warning message of the coming winter. The evening of the day before my wedding was very damp and chill a bleak wind made one shiver as it moaned and sighed among the trees, and bent the pliable tnmks of the blue guma. I had ordered a lire in my own room, and there I locked myself in. It was my last evening with my father for some time to come, but neither he nor I cared to spend it together. (to BR CONnNITED.) " The Collector. ' It is always the fate of a man who tries to oelleot an old bill to get snubbed. Now we think of it, the old bill collector who trudges painfully tbrough the streets from day to day, trying ever to find the man who is ever trying to dodge him, onght to have more sympathy. Hia only business is to per- suade debaquaata to pay their just debts, and yet everybody looka on him very much as a sailor looks on a craft that has raised the black flag of piracy. Poor fallow I He has a hard time of it trying to catch eight of the man who baa jnat gone round the oomer, who will be back in hve minutes, so the clerk aaya, but who never cornea back until the old bill collector has gone. It ia on record that by some strange fatality of for- tune a collector found hia debtor at home. Such a circumstance nearly took the col- lector's breath away, for, like the Wander- ing Jew, he had been flying frum pillar to pwt for nearly a year, and hadnevar once found the right man in the right place but he took out nia battered wallet and present- ed the account, yellow with age, and hum- bly asked for a settlement. "Yoa muit call again," was the atam, imperative demand of the man, who aerer inteaded to have money enough to pay that bilL The victim with the threadbare clothes aad the worn out shoes aagnated that it was not easy to go up threeiights tX stain "three times a day in order to find the ominooa word "oat"oo the door. " WeU," said the haughty debtor, " perhaps you wonld like to have me rent a room on the first floor for the sake of my eredifora." The oldWl oolleotor uttered a deep sigh, pat hia wallet into his pocket, aad wMkea into a a back alley where his hoBie was, while the jaoaty debtor sprang iato his landau and went ap to the park for a drive- Sach ia life. ' latti^i tfvithamdom gailda m aati- laated at £»,0(n,000 a year. OhD Bets, a Siooz squaw, who disd la. eaatty at the repnted ^e of mora than a kaadiad. had baaa aaaaaaaiTaly the wife of aa amy oOaar, aa ladiaa ehial, a border Ugkwajwai,wdallathedi ^^ ooaatrj. rztamd ««ar 1 TVaia eifcaWly taiga iMiaM of na (funnifa sad tskca ala aappbcd with flakes. Bro large flahee en oftaa left m the swamp lakea eal sttttaaM whea the water ia lew. A haadiad diAr- sat kiads el flah eaa be boaght ia tke Mar- kets of Rio, maay of wUeb oeaM froM the Amsson. Those moat valaed are piraahaa ead piin- raoas. Thar aia the laMMk.fHiarl|i0* nomeroas tibi"t p eti etlM THi anhis oatoh the latter with hooks aad Uaea or shoot them with anowa. BSI lie 'Bmr Bah an speared with a Undcf trident lie aaea asd evan small bore aoqoira great skill ia the use of theee impIemcatsL In the summer months the people oome by hundreds to the lakaaaod channels to fish for the great pirataoa, aad to prepare the fish much as codfish is prepared Dy the northern fishermen. Some of theee fish sre seven or eight feet in length. They are first drewed and oat into wide thin slices. These si« well rubbed with salt aad hong on poles to dry in the son. The sliose eiolhkeB 8^- der cover every night and carried oat again in the morning. The straagsr dose not at onoe relish this d:ied fish, yet it is the stan daid fleah food of all the poorer olanes throoghout a large part of Brszil. Daring the fishing season the people build and live in little huts along the ahores. Traders, in canoes, oome with a stock of cheap wares to barter for the fish. Thus a trading commu- nity is formed which breaks up with the January floods. The piranhas are much prized and are easily osaght, for they are greedy to bite at most anything, from a bit of salt meat to a bather's toe. Boys thrash the water with poles to attract theee fishes. The Tupi word piranha is a contraction of pira sainha, meaning "toothed fisb," The same word is used by the Indians to describe a pair of sciasors. There are several species of these savage piranhas, some being more than two feet long. They make nothing of biting an ounce or so of flesh from a man s leg. People are sometimes killed by them. Hence Brsziliau are shy of going iato these lakca and streams if they susixrat the ores- enco of these fish. The fishermen claim that piranhaa will gather in schools against the larger fish and attack them. If one of their own number is at all wounded by mis- take he is mercilessly set upon and devoured by his companions. It is useless to try to use nets iHiere this fish is found. They would spoil a net in a few minutes. Another dangerous fish of these waters is the sting-ray. He lies flat on the bottom, his dark upper surface being nardly seen through the muddy stieama. If left uodis- turbed the creature is harmless enough. But a careless wader in the shallows may step on the Hat body, and then the great baroed sting inflicts a wound that benumbs tHe whole body and makes the sufferer speechless with pain. Persons have been lamed for life by such a wound. A curious fish called Anableps tetrophth- almus is often seen there. Its eyes are divided, so that each has two pupils of these the upper pair are for the air and the lower for ue water, Thia singular fish swims near the aurface and near the shore, and if chaaf d does not dive. A large fish named caruana is mostly taken at night. Men go out in boats with lighted torches and spear the fish with great skill and lapidity. It is said you may often see a native with his bow and arrow standing like a statue on some overhanKing bank watching for a fish to pass. W^hen a fish comes near the bow is drawn quick as light, and the arrow hardly leaves a ripple as it cuts through the water. It requires the keenest skill to ob- tain fish by these means, and the fisherman must also allow for the retraction of the water, or he will certainly miss bis mark. Yet many of the large piraLhas are procured in thia way. (iood fishing depends, first, upon the flooding of the river, wnich fills all the valley lakes and channels with water and entices the fish out of the greater streams then, second, such a falling of the floods as leaves many of these channels and lakes separated from the river, Thaa the fish are imprisoned in shoal water ftid nar- row quarters and more eaaily taken. Other- wise the present contrivances for procurios Bood fish Dy these native fishermen would be entirely inadequate. Wallace, Smith, and othera who have made recent explorations of the Amazon all speak of its prospects aa a future highway of commerce. They also dwell much upon the abundant and even Inxuriant natural re- sources of the entire region with which this great river and its tributaries are connected. the f^^ tna^MTyohaB. Ml«Dha«»a -•\^ TboM Verts Every now and again a star, of more or less brilliancy, falls fn m the ecclesiastical firmament of the Episcopal Church, and startles the world by the train of newspaper comment and remark that invariably follows its descent. Such stars all gravitate, with very rare exceptions, toward iRome, and, to carry out|our metaphor, the so-called " esthetic " in worship is the power of gravitation that impels them in their conrse. These men are called eonverit or perwtrU, according to the standpoint of the individual who apeaks of them, while the people who care not a fig either for the church abandoned or the church adopted, employ the non-committal term with which we have headed this ar- ticle, and call the individuals in question 'verts. It is only within recent years that this Romeward tendency baa developed to such an extent as to attract attention or to arouse anxiety. No doubt the taste for elaborate and imposing ritual in the Engliah Church is the reaction from the simplicity â€" almoat amounting to baldneaa, of the services in Puritan times, and it may be predicted with a reasonable degree of certainty that as strong a reaction will by and bye aet in, in exactly the opposite direction This ebb and flow in matters of creed and ritual is one of the most marked features in the history of human belief. The qaestion however is, at the present time, what, if any, cause of apprehension have Frotsatant- ism in general aud the Church of England in particular from the present movement. Alarmists say that the faith of Britain is in danger, that there are numerous indications in the religious and political atmosphere of a return of the days wnen the Pope waa more powerfulio England than Englaml's King, and they dwell with the emphasis of fear on the many perversions, as they call them, of leading clergymen in the Episcopal Church to Rome. We have no sympathy with sach terrorist statements. The matter comes to be just a qaestion of " survival of the fittest," and the creed, be it known by what name, or ac- compamed by what ritual it may, which contains the truth in greatest parity, will, without question, outlast and overcome all rivala. But those who know human nature will not be burprised to find that the religion that oflers attractions to the eye and ear by a| sensuous, brilliant and imposing ritual, secure for a time the lead in its infinence with the masses. And by the masses we do not mean only the profanum vvlfut, but those distinguished by rank, talent, and artistic taste as well. Such triumphs, how- ever, are short-lived aa a rule, for the mind, by and bye, becomes sated with display even wben it is diversified in a man- ner that ia hardly poaaible in a rebgi- ous service, and naturally begins to long for something leas sumptuous aad more simple. Therefore those 'verts, we consider are not altogether such formidable, religious " Mother Carey's chiekens," as some make them out to be. It wonld be a more dignified position for those panic- stricken Protestants who make an outcry againat the genuflexiona. vestments and cru- cifixes of the High Church party, to re- gard them with placid contempt, rather than assail them with vituperation, anathe- ma and ridicule. Aa a worthy Presbyterian miniater remarked regarding^them "Never bother yourself aboat Maoonochie, Tooth, Darling, or Knox Little, aad their cersno- ni«^ **«» emasf tk m mh n nd 4»m't kmt There is one most commendable outcome of the ritaaliatio movement, that it woold be, in the hMt degree, unfair to overieok VIZ the great aaraeataaas and self-saorifiee displayed by ritoalistio oler^, in miaaionwy work among the masses, (stnotly so caUed) of oar large cities. Their opponsats amy saU it a aeal for proeyletiai^ er what elaa â- ot^ he fere aa i thiij Malif vean laboar ia the leetaia oal aad.nllia^ he Hie rii^iaglMeeeh ShaftesbaiT Hall, wl thMght ef it ia other respaelB, «a ee^iadhr STWt mtj doabt ia the aUa ef U« MaeMMee-tti* thotoB^ aiMsriM ef the epeaker. It ii eridnit 2at he belwTM awl therefore speaks. Beaidee he *? .*'" '**K^* i .--â-  Id^S^'Sr^Ste hee ae^edthe g^ yirfcr er psf« of his life. Itie qaits he, at leaat, conld not have h from thoihorrible pit into whioh. he had tallse \if aay other eoaiae thaa total abetl- neaee. Tke milder ntsaae, wUeh may have beeta efbetlTe ia some leae deeparate eaaaa, woald have had no cfaoaoy in hia. -Neither the light wia«e,'nor the lagar beer, in whidh some people have so muoh confidence, would have sstisiied his iaordinata craving for aloobc4io stiaaolanta^ which was the raeolt of immoderate iadnlgaaoe on a pcaalia^ aar- voos sad seasitive organiiataon Hi% be- yond questioo, was a case whioh celled for the meet radioal aad beroio treatment Every one aeon sin ted with the pathetiD story of his life most feel that he at leaat has a fight to speak well of the caaae of which he is the greatest living sdvooate, snd by which he waa himself rescued, like a brand plucked from the burning. It is thir, no doubt, and the tone of sincerity, and thorough conviction which perradea all his ntteraoces, almost aa muoh as the inimitable style of hia addrsae, whioh dispoaee people to listen to him with sympathy and respeot. But sincere and hearty as were the demon- strations of respeot and affection with which "theold man eUquent" has been greeted by the people of Toronto, our temperance friends must not be in too grest a hurry in arriving at the oonclnsion that the doctrine advocated by him meets with universal ao- ceptaooe, sTea in thia community. By a singnlar ooinoidenoe, it so happened, that at the very time, or about the time that Mr. Gough was lifting up his voice so manfully in behalf of total abstinenoe, a oounterblaat was being blown by other parties whose ntteraoces are scarcely worthy of lees respect than bis own. It isa rather sigfaificant fact that even so severe^a moralist, and{so active a social reformer, as the re'igious editor of the Mmi has felt it to be his duty to utter an earnest protest againat the unwarrantable extremes, ai^ it appears to him, to which the churches are running, and the extent to which they sre limiting the liberty of their members in respect to this matter. He is not of courae in favour of drunkenness as he never geta drunk himself, he would not like to hear of anbyodj elsis getting into this disreputable condition but he distin- guishes between temperance and total absti- nenoe, and gives it as bis opinion, that it is the abiue of alooholic beveraees, rather than their use, that is to be deprecated and guarded against. He admits, indeed, that people who cannot drink without getting drunk ought not to drink at all but he thinks that, becaase tbere are people who cannot play with fire without being burned, there is oo good reason why others should be deprived of the privilege^,of doing so if they see fit And at the same that the great Conservative organ baa been speaking on this side of the question, the pastor of the new St, Andrew's Church, one of the most eloquent[asnd3,'popnlar of our city min- isters, has been letting his light shine to the same effect. Even in the Pan- Presbyterian Council, jin Philadelphia, Mr. Macdonnell felt it to.be^bis duty to lift up his voice in favour of larger liberty for the menibership of the churches of his de- nomination, and in protest against the re- proach which is^often^cast upon those who are engaged in the liquor traffic. No one would aoousejthis gifted preacher, 'any more than he wonid accuse the still more gifted editor of the Matl, of being the advocate of drunkenness to this he is aa decidedly oppos- ed as any of his brethren, but he seems to think that this great evil can be aa well, and perhaps more effectually, prevented by moderation than by total abstinence. These sentimcLts, e-pecially coming from such high quarters, can scarcely fail to have an effect upon public opinion. If our man- ners have KTOwn a little too pnritanio and ascetic, of late, we may, under the infinence of buoh teaching, look for a apeedy abate- ment of the evil. If the press and the pul- pit of the country generally, should take their cue from these gentlemen, our austeri- ty, probably, would aoon be modified and the rigidity of our morality conaiderably relaxed. And even if they are left to labour alone in their several spheres, with the Licensed Victuallers' Association at their back, they need not despair of considerable success. The gentlemen of the Association, too, are decidedly opposed to drunkenness they find that it injures their business and makes it diareputable and if they had their way â€" the most respectable of them, at least, â€" they would never have a drunkard about their establishments. They woold like to see drunkenness entirely done away, but they think the most effectual way of bringing about thia desirable result is, to furnish the people with plenty of good wholesome Uquor to be drunk in a moderate way. This Association is understood to be pretty well organiz- ed it is said to have plenty of money, its agents are numerons and widely scatter- ed, insomuch that their influence is every- where felt and its zeal is intensified by the feeling of self-interest: It is no wonder that in view of these facts, some people have thought that the Association could have done its own work pretty effectnally without the assistance of either Mr. Mac- donrell or the Mail. Indeed,8ome ultra Teetotallers go farther and say that, w%at they are pleased to call their special-pleading, in behalf of moderate drinking ia not only uncalled for, but that it is mischievous. Ihey say, moreover, that however specious their reasoning, it ia ahal- low and fialae. They say, that moderate drinking ia the cause of the evil which those people are looking to it to cnre. They affirm that there are few, if any, who become im- moderate drinkers or drunkards at once, â€" and that moderate drinking is the school in which drunkards are made. From the mod- erate drinkers, they say, the drunkards are recruiteel and their ranks are kept full. They go even so far aa to say that, but for this moderate drinking, the whole raoe of drunk- ards wonld die out in a single generation. They ssy, too, that the transition from the moderate use of intoxicating drinksâ€" from what is considered tlieir use to their abuse â€" is so gradual and imperceptible that no one has ever been able to point oat the exact line which separates them and that the man who has oome to be a niederate drinker, ia not always aware himself when he is cross- ing the line which separates the class to whioh he thinks himself to belong,from that more advanced claaa, which he has been ac- customed to look upon with abhorrence. They admit, indeed, that there are aome people who, except so far as purely physical effects are concerned, may drink with im- punity. There are cold phlegmatic naturea which are ecaroely snsceptibU of intoxica- tion but these, they say, never, as a rule, amount to much whether drunk or sober â-  and tbey oonteod that it is unreasonable to keep up the drinking uaages of aociety for the gratification of theae, when it can only be done at the itnminent peril of a much better claaa and that as the Church is the guardian of tiie weak, it can scarcely be too rigid in its exclusion ot practices fraught with so much daagor. Into this oontroreny we enter not,bat having in a rough way plac- ed itbeforeonr readers, we leave them to judge for themtelves. woneJtaKMtaua. BMody aha Mv tk*k â- * pahUa^lilejrilb »oiv«M ' of any Uad^ wiOt â- Â» IM* le, ao Mamiitl patmte^ »^ penoMlfeimMiaaforeMMr thleoie qaictaewliKao ^miSik to^Mba^ up. r^JBk^ Ulbfore' they please, but one resiM o their work isl vsry mamfestly the elevation of the mtir viduala comp sing thoee â- aaase into a fcidh- er sphere of civiliaatioe, aad saeh a laaatt u worthy of the efforts aad lyanatky of all the charehae aad ersada. We ecafsv to ha- iag somewhat iadifEaraat to the -mm •( porifyiag the atsMisphera of the slaas ef oar .- of Ood. gtrt dtiee, prvvMsd ft ha aede Ht ior maa, made e» flat ia thaiM«e d. to htaethe. iMtoadef baiag Uka2e derik. ef thei It is somewhat dsexpeoted to find the great iron ChaaoeUor of Germany anbending to the hnmaaitiea of culture, aid taking an in- terest both with pnrse and commendation in aatiqaarian reeearches in the heart of Cen- tral America. He has aided, through the Qoveniment two German professors, Reiss aad Hubel, in ezoavatioas after Pemviaa aa- tiqaitiseinthe Neeropolis of Aaoed, with a riaW to obtaiaia^ a knowledge of the oiviliM. tioB aad indastnes of the extinot reoee of the sasisat laoee, whioh ha proaonaasd to be qatto as ^alaahla to meakiad ia the ataeeat ^« as the ras^ aidle sad shivered giioto whioh the learned Sohliaaea aad wife hsTe beea digging after et If yerna for jm**. SiHCS the inatitatiaaof the Irish ptcaeea- tioas the A. Jam** OmttU pnblishse the Wtowiag :â€" •• Thsrs is good raasoa to habere that tte gorenuMat, peraiviag her nwidly theetatooflrelaadoMeee from bad to worse, aad aware thet ite f eaUe aetfan ia eioitiag dteeoBtent asMMg^ turn of all rim, iadadiag their own. ia oonaideriag edoptiaaof Wiieearse lanrn liaieillalalj «-y I iaw i e diat a ly letol y eoateesp htsl â- â€¢â€¢â-  â- eaanva' wllh- â- 1 â€" "-JgJ ^j^^eegeae eTOeoe, bat The femiliar ead friendly reSnaeee to Joha A. haTaior aU the yeea* been oieeafremat, aad made by a laisar aaaiher ef penkooe thea to aay other ia British North Ai B ntee. The owaar of theee initials, haa, throachaat hk whole oenar, been m inflaentiBl leetor in the moaldiiig of the le^iClation ead dator- mining the pcEtioal aotaoa of his ooontiy, wd daring uia larger foi^not-iim parijd Btoy be said to be all baft osHapeteat for hie pleas aad hie porpeeee hsTe^maraatly beea oanied oat sunplT beeaaee they were his, aad beeaose hie followers have seemiag- ly oome to the conoluaion that what he ad- vooatee most be reaaonable, and what he did oooMaot poasihiy be wcsag. Besides on- ezampled saoosee have never so changed his natare, or hia baartag aa to slieoato from him any considerable number of hia adher- seta, while temporary faibua has bat ahown more clearlv what a bold he has apon his friends, and to what a large extent his op- poaento also have a kiod word for the man, OTea when they moot strenuoosly oppose the politioiaa and ooodemn the minister. No Canadian within the memory of the living has been more trusted by his countrymen, more loyally t erved by his politioal follow- ers, more tenderly judged in reference to muoh qaaetionable peraoaal oondnot more honoured by his sovereign, better known to the outside world, or more thorouKhly iden- tified in the estimation of all, with Canada in all ber interests, all her powers, all bei progress, aud all her prospects. To attempt to explain all this without giving Sir John credit for more than average ability, or credit for anything above a certain degree of low cunmng, and a large amount of reck- less anscrapaloosneas, which would never al- low him to be restrained by consider- ations of hononr, not to say any- thing of the snssestions of conscience would be as foolish as it would be hopeless. Nobody uninflnenced by incurable prejudice and unblinded by increasing political hatred could possibly fall back upon suoh an expla- nation of the phenomesoni for it would bring the whole to the level of something very like miracle, and would render what ia, in any point of view, quite out of the usual course, altogether uniqne in the history not only of this country, bat of any other which coald be mentioned. It is quite true that we have been informed on very high au- thority, that the world is governed with very little wisdom, and that men in general " are like turkeys driven with a stick and red clout to the market" But all this sounds better aa an epiersmmatic saying, than as a statement of sober faot and a con- clusion of actual experience. HIS WONDKIirUL CARKMl. It is not worth while to give in order a bald narrative of the external facts of Sir John's interesting career. This has been done already, with more than sufficient fre- quency, and often with more than ordiiiary dalness. Everybody is tolerably familiar with the date of his birth, the character of hia educatien, bis entrance upon his work as a barrister at 21, and his practical with- drawal from hia prufeeaion at a comparativ- ely early atage in his career, in order to make politics his life business, and state- craft his favourite study and principal weapon, both of aggression aud defence. As a lawyer, â€" a successful and lucrative courte waa open to him, and no doubt had he kept to bis profession, the highest prizes in it wonld, in all likelihood before this, have been cecured. He preferred a different course, and, the resnlt is now what we see â€" a powerful minister but a poor man, â€" an aatute politician, but no great authority in law, one far better suited for politicial struggles than for forensic disoussiona, â€" nominally, in short, still a lawyer, but Eractically dependent upon others, both for is law and his learning. UU SUPPLXNISS UIIDKR CKSTAUI CIBe-VM- STAIfCXH, From the first Sir John haa profesa- edly been a keen Conservative, but at the same time be haa been aupple and acoommo- datiog, when the qaestion was " power or no power " and when the alternative has been presented of either carrying out, what he had oppoaed and denounced or going in- to the " cold shades, " he has shown areadi- neas to "alter" which could not have been ^urpaased by some of the most ambitious and accommodating of the waiters on Pro- vidence in the Western States. He has had always the feeling of the Duke of Welling- ton, that Her Majesty's Government must be carried on in some way or another, and as he haa had the full conviction that, it is better all round when he has a baud in the management, he has not been very careful alMut perscnal consistency, but has been quite willing if things could not go on in one way to try another even though it were the very op^osite of that which he had origin- ally advocated. A PRACnCAI. POUnCLAN. He has, however, been true to himself ssa " practical politician," who had no love for running bis bead againot a stone wall and no admiration for a consistency which would have made him powerless to deal with the ac- '.oalitiea of the present except in u way that would have left him entirely out in the co'd. He has thus carried not a few measures which he had opposed and de- nounced, and his admirers have even tried to have him honoured as the great promoter of what he bad bitterly atriven againat till opposition was worse than folly, and till nothing but a somersault could save himself from defeat and hia party from demoraliza- tion. Nnmeroua illustrations of this accom- modating tnrn of mind oould be given, but everyone will at once think of the seculari- sation of the Clergy Reserves long ago,and the adoption of the National Policy cry in more recent times, aa perhaps the most con- spicuous examples of his suppleness and convenient power of noticing aud acquieac. ing in the conrse of public opinion most like- ly to be successful, and, therefore, the meet auited either for carrying him into power, or for keeping his position when already there. He has played off party against party, and prejudice agaiust prejud.ce has ever been ready to fiatter if by thia means he could gain a point and haa not scruplel sometimes to adopt plans and to follow courses which a high morality could not but condemn, and which a keener sense of personal honour would entirely have repu- diated with indignation and scorn. We may not say that HI HAS " LIKD," for that is an offensive word,and ia surroonded with unpleasant assodationa. But he has ased phrases in a " non-natural " sense, and has systematically shown himself an adept in the use of weapons which were best suited for shooting round a corner. That he has been more laviah in promises thaa careful alxjuttbe subsequent performance, his great- est admirers will be the readiest to admit In the matter of bribery, as understood in its hardeet and lowest tense, he has ever been so adapt, alwjtys, however, stopping, as he himself most earnestly affirms, at that point whioh enabled him to say vrithont any msntal rsaerration, " Peisonally theee hands iiLte"tr^::SS3^ oaMralad. Wt*y ainy*]^lMe4 reuftarl MMlag flM'tOdM' eiMiitf reqafa**. hk caa be/wift aijbiM aad ia be- a fladedelaygaae- mS^ kSfa^a 't^yTTuSaeeU, Saa«aMzieMraB«f«rforlheeaeeeae ef We alaaa mA4hapaBMMMy of Ueiala. He oaa nfaw a favoar wittt a beMer pm» thaa aaay of Ue ihrala eaa beatov aa ofBoe, eea • d^-p^fatad e„torJ2jk^«jJ^e^ Jeha â-². ie the Itha â- lelilt of aDthfitheertof "haMliiiMJiNr if ^^ pteeae. We rather thiak that that phraae is a favourite one with Sir John hiateelf. It is, however, something more and something better. Not oertainly the higheet of gifte, bat very preci- ons and very powerful in the hands of every one who would leid his felloars as he finds them, and make them rejotoe to follow I gaidaace, and carry oat iiia will at what- ever saorifice, wBoixT ahriH m to hib Btranrisa. We must not neglect to notioe another inflnential factor in Sir John's sucoeea. He has given himself wholly to his work. He has made politics hie b uelaee s to which everything else hsa had to give place. Some would say that he is Isxy, ignorant and superficial. Within his sphere he is really very maoh the reverse. 'That sphere is not a specially wide one except in politics in generai, and specially in Canadiaa affairs, but within this, where is the man who is acquainted with a larger number of influ- ential persons, who has stodied them more carefully, and who knows them more thor- oughly, both in their weaknesses and in their strength T We know of cone such among the CoLservatives, and now that George Brown haa gone, Alexander McKenzie alone even approachea him, on the other aide 1 Sir John'a career draws to a dose. It haa been a distingnished one, but oan scarcely be characterized as noble. No one could with truth speak of "John A." as an exalted type ot either the man or the p'litioun. Undonbtedlv able, fertile in resource and plausiSle in address, be hsa yet not presented to the world such a model for the youth to imitote and the old to admire, as wisdom could recommend or virtue could applaud. Still he haa done good work, and when the present mists of preju- dice shall have been rolled away aud his whole career shall be followed and guaged by persons uninflaenoed by passion, snd unswayed by either personal enmity or by private friendship, it may be found that Canada righteously pute him on the honour- roll of her illustrious, and that while not the Heaven-given and gifted minister, he is at present represented as being, he has been also not quite the moral reprobate, and the intellectual bankrupt his enemies have loved to describe. He leaves us no sue- cessor. Ue will not williagly withdraw from power, but when be does, either tbrough physical infirmity or death, hia following will break up, his system will be st ao end! New questions will emerge, and new combi- nations will be formed. Is » D«t preSanded that any of his present followers can suc- cessfully step into his shoes. Certainly Tupper cannot, as little can Tilley. Gait might try to persuade himself that he oould, but would equally fail if he tried. Besides this last we may say almoat aa much aa Sir John, ' ran" Toe disintegrating process which is at pretent going on in the Reform party will aa aurely overtake the Conaervativo when Sir Johu gete to bis coveted and oouapicuous coign of vantage for watehing the Canadian Pacific Railway and ite management. New needs will caue new oombinatinns, and in due time out of the straggles and overtnm- inga of the house, the new leader or leaders will emerge suited to the character and pre- pared fiT the service of the future aa the Kingston Knight hss been for the past, and is, so far, for the present as well. ,Arr4lR» WAIUJB,, Banhaide Hve oa t-Jjanoh ^- A an of the Cv-mpte ftat am^e a wonderfnlly appearaaoe ta Paris as a naaoaia. ds ""••' Nuaeoir reoeives in stipead for a night's sing the former beiag paid twAund^' aad the latter two hundred poont:)) Loao DinnttEAKT's da«^w4 Sotham, ie prtneiiag for ihitT W«de, beaatihU, high-bred, .^ She makee herdebatie Mon J*^^ ae tt?dSU?rtIIId5I^***' in tk, loaaohHtn, petaaUy ehaigiag 'ui»X "°* •^'^^ ** attempt oatme to nature, r,""^* frasa whioh he elaborated hk j* f' onaly in-doon. ' A.S De Paaqoalis wss sineito, ,„,. K- ....*.„j commotion m Rome he noticed qaet and a woman was carried fainting ooadition. He *orkOar III IB' pUaee enooaraged him. When*^ *•» hi, u^i are clean. " £3oqaent in the ordinary sense ol the term, he cannot be said to be, though If troa eloyaeoe nwi eiiti ia the poarer of persuading aa aauiaace, then Sir John may joaUy lay claim to the gift, for he oaa geoe/- ally leal the poise of his hearara with uoer- ring oartainty, oaa so aooomatodato hirtesif **Lr*"e '«i«^. ead keep so faUy on a lavsl with their ondefataadinga. white good-aa- toredly tickling them aader the Bfi£ rib ead nattiag tiiem in good hnmoor with the ^eakar ead themaelree, that even when he daee aa4 oonviaea, ho disaross OMositfon a great way toward raalmi^his â-² aaasaa or i.^tf"^^'M ' That he U eithar aMnl|y er inMIedl^y a high type of maa, ooald aearoeYy be mid with trath. Bb wMs oaiaar, both pabiioly aad nitrately haa ahowathe rarerae. nt he ie aaawd ia the disdemaMat of â- fce w e t s e. fertile ia reeoarea^ planahle aad ai ag B a tin ia peiaoaal iatanoame^ aad be* Death aa aztarior of Uvity wUoh mnistimii •vaa vane oa b afceaary aevar loew sight of the ad for whtea he worke ead the poE^ wfaeh he is boaad to eany thmagh. Soma peoaU haetfltod thai Me eaeprii^ia aerer to do to-day what eaa be delayed till to- battWe is oaly »sry paitial'ir ia with feeta. Hie power of phy. ECHOES FROM ABEOAO. The fares oj Southern railroads average about six cents a mile. On one road, eighteen miles long, the fare is $2. It is currently reported that the Duke of Westminster intends selling off his fine stud of racehorses and quitting the tarf al- together. On May 2, 1841, two yoong artists made their deiiut at a concert in Paris. The one, aged 22, waa Jacques Offenbach.; and the other, *gud 12, Anton Knbinatein. It is rumored that Count Wilhelm Bis- marck, son of the German Chancellor, is to be married to the Counteis Irma AndrsSsy, daughter of the famous Austrian statesman. It is very probable that Sir Charles Dilke will succeed Mr. Adam at the Board of Works, of coarse with a seat in the Cabinet, to which latter diatinction Sir Charles' claims are incontestal'e The year 18SI will be an eventful one for the imperial families of both Austria and Germany, as its first three months will not have elapsed before the heirs to the thrones of both empires have entered into the bonds of matrimony. Miss Eva Sothern, (he only daut^hter of the well known sctor, has been offered an ex- cellent theatrical euga,{ement, but as the young lady is a ward of the Court of Chan- cery it will be uecesaary to make application to the Court before bhe be permitted to ac- cept the engagement. Tbb movement for the rstablishment of the Junior Reform Club in London has received the assent of a large number of the liberal members of the House. It is to be a self-6uppo.ting institotion, wilicost £100;- 000 or thcrcaboute, and wiil not be subsidized I'y donations from the wealthy members of the party. Ite house accommodation will provide fur the possibility of 3,000 mem- bers. TuK action fur libel b. ought by Mr, El Lawson of the Dailt, Ttegapk, against Mr, Liboucheie, the proprietor, and Mr. Wy man, the printer, of I'nUk, will be heard early next term, in all probability before the Lord Chief Justice of England. Sir John Holker will b Mr, Lawson 's leSKiiog oouuskI Mr, Charlis llaasell, Q. C, wul appear for Mr, Wyiii.i .. and Mr. Laboachere will conduct his o r. defence. 'It it absolutely ueoessary," aaks Mr. Edmond Yates, " that a prima donna ahould occupy in a hotel two rooms herself, hive two rooms for hi r maid, and positively two rooms for â€" her dresses Is it so necessary that an angelic singer, known for her sweet temper and her distingiiishcd manners, should very nearly lose her sweet temper, and angelic repatauon, and her winning ways? I cannot believe it I" Thi meeting IxAween Roberta and the generals at Candahar was rather a melan- choly affsir. Burrows felt that he had not come well out of the Maiwand bosiuees, al- though h s pergonal gUlantry at that ill- vtarred fight appears to have been deserving of the highest praise. As for General Prim- roe*, be looked very down on his luck, as though he had not heard the last of those alarming telegrama of his, and of hia pre- cipitate withdrawal iato the oitadel. Th* wedding of Prince Rudolf and Princess Stephanie being fixed for next February, a committee of Nienneee mer- chants and manafactnrers haa been constitut- ed for the porpoae of reoeiving oontribations toward a magnificent wedding pree e nt for the bride, "rhe reoeipta already amount to 100,000 florina. The prinoipal gift will oon- •ist of a magnifioent casket, which is to be a masterpieoe of Vienna art industry, and ia to edipee anything of the kind hitherto pro- da oed. the ways of theatric .1 When a lot of tramps ^* home he found that it .. had fainted. She waa dead. Si7au.r the peculiar, aboBt the entrance to hear xtt B^jsd the policemen drive them away, t^ •^ teleprapha all over the couuirj play is an immense success, and uj are tamed away from the doors. JlTST after the successful fir^t ai.i, " Pfdifu* a critic met 1 lu mg, "Of course yoo intend your o^ bvitr "If I had met him ' " ply, " I should have called th. Prodigu*." Duma, ,)«. has sn n^: about forty thonsand dollars a yea' A TOCNO lady artist married a jotwl tleman artist The uncle of tii^ biw' a call upon then and found theio tm.' opposite comers ot their joint stndio snlks, the hnaband saying that hii' waist was oui of proportion, and tt saying ^that her hoabaod's oase saaaU. „ und'er. ft^^j^^"' Un«*. 19 75 25 1 •tr'^oril-'Tto be 'â€"'»'• by Advertisement. When Offsnbach wee 'in this couupi friends gave him a aapp r at the Brun, and requested him in due tim to cut game pie, when inatantly a cload o birds roae in the air. At his faoeni ly coffin and hearse were covti^i flowers and crowns from all the a scale of J withuutj ^u'xj^ publiehrd till -,^^iaiagly- All Uansitoryj ,Imstbsin the office â-  pub- U o"^k on the Thursday I y^,„gtheirpnb'c.t.on. W. RUT LEIXiL. P...prict. A BUSINESS ...DIRECTORY, SICUN, bl'ilGEOX. AtCoCcli- BroaiTi* I' « ., b-lt. Sproule dk Carter. -^iaiiB, Surgeona, Accoucheui I " ' c. â- 'g... Medical Hall; rc-sa»nc. Boase. lali. Sept. 17, 1880. ij Cha*. R. Wilkes. EtTMai^hter at La'w theatres Sardou, Gnstove Dore, ^j TJJUJ^w _MiUer8 s bnUdmg. over celebrities attended, aad an atueito "r^,.' Poulet Street aoldiera did eaoort dntv. ^^ oa'B ttOTt, romet o Owen S jun(l soldiers did esoort duty. Biogrspbies of Sarah Bernhardt, sational French actress, who u socr pear on the boards of our easterL -.i,^ are published. There is one stadiK sion in the fulsome tketebep, ang that, although ahe haa never bei:D n^. Sarah Bernhardt is the mother of 'â- :â-  j_,«p Fbobt ty Crown Attortu-v 1 V- 1.1 Jl Frost FroMi. 8TEB8. A!»It aTTOHM w, Solisitors in Cliancn\ ' Owsn Sound, have le ,n," Office open every Tb re. J. W. F»o-i four children. That one sc-ndalu, ought to be sufficient to decide her iisi candidato for popnlar favour in '^men: Who, after this, will say that ttt lishman is entirely cold It teems oan sometlm' s shed a tear, and eveu bl; Edmund Yal, s "y^ :-*.' William aad «- jamee Lamon. IB at any rate an affecting pi- ce. It, JT ZT. t. ,-â- â€¢ sight to aee the au.:iencec?yinc at St. jA tTOBNEY AT-LAV^ S- -LK I lul- Theatio laat S ituid .y night. At ot- \. Chauoery, hotarv Pul Ii the whole hocaa »e med c, .vul-s. Moaey loaned at lo S'lhe Ono »n»oj.sl friend of mill., »,i,id teal estate. Lau 1 Jd^ ai^ James nasson. I8TER and ATTORXEY A i ster in CUancerj-. Owen H.'-r-: 17, I8(it). â- '?â-  ,Jtt. -t iHt»- "I' I ' I l.'.Uglll .llM introiuL--d iree "f • •jUxu^u warrior too, after many struggles'?..- â- â€" .-«nH selle as a bad job and fairly howled. ' ftt o.oB.7 have spoiled his handkerchief, ws;r; v DUNDALiK. redocwl to a wet rag. " September The man who comes into i^neuaif^ ^^^b^^ss often stands long in front oi .-.. i iw^A^tt »nr rr« £anb iVaciital taking cff his coat and patiently ...I**"**"" *rtHM .-\9t:niO| the stage at that critical periml m u. when you would give very much .- ... ,-.. oould tee the stage youreeU. At ftTMUEU Oh MAUWA..1. M- KN the man with big feet and creaiia^bn. ConiuusMouei lu li. i«-.vc. moat alwaya cornea in. atampmg and t- Cijwoyaneiiig m aU n- l-r:t«cl.^- ing, while the player is pert.nninj t; -l^flW »" ^ud carefullv *i.e;'it.^l. est parte. Why is it that ii„ W. â- â€¢-^'""•-^ '" L*"' "" "' '• comes in late and disturbs tLt- .audleIl."^• •21«t, l-*'i. -I. rushing to his seat invanaL.y feet? Pbixk Minister OU'Istoue .MaAdale. Sept. 17. l^-« ^Â¥. â- .. Miuiih. ,.. „ II -L '" "'""NaNERAL A.r:M .^.M' IT.AFII. bu Eastern and Inshcr^re.. found n.-ii'V^y stock Wiiham-I.r.i Slat,,, oompanied by his son Hert*rt, t.^ »f-i^i7 isst. 1 Madame Modjeska's first ajieirai:ce SCâ€" â€" season in " Marie Stuart " at xht Câ€" • AlexHilsier RrwMll. Theatre, Mr. Warner's "OtheUo' M^^w-^^. v r I â-  1 i i ler's Wells, wiJi. Lord (ir^vul^, mJ "J i,;',. ..,!cl ' AM^nl. " l â-  in,..:--. â- . first representatipn of "•'â- Â»-- ""d-^^ "l. -vc. C.m-.vam-*. «,..» !..«.- version of Douglas Jerr .Js ^« „Ai^„,;, r.r tlieC ""nty of Jrev. f.i.n Susan, " at the p*th«sic ort.\ooa of London journal say e, "in cim the female and the m.jo ity ui i.c ii^f .»_;_-.. ll» oftheaudie.ee, neiti.er Mr i. a u-. â- ,. ^^"°*' '" hia B u could refrain fruin tears. -;*ton.. '"lied to chauu. Hiil LiUiJ S:il!-. ed to and 'cLnigcB In i i- So]'!. 17, iK-tl. Actresses' Arte. A great many tricks of stage spring from personal defects. Ii .-.cd I'.IM J Oeorye Corltef. Ji.. AND. LOAN -iXP (..ENEltAl. A J Owen Sound. Monev t' L-.i. ee of interest. Prlucipal pnval Ii ..i cirl of a temi of year,auJ :iit. u-t isl! -• w- or yearly, or piiucipal aud aitt-r-. -i i i " cut pt waist Modjeska appear.-, tlirr .lain tOftalmentii, ways a bunch of dowera or a oow j j ••"A number cf desirable Iiiiv" the left of her open corsage. Wtt f sale device is not resorted to, a littk s-.-.~ ' «i„»^ silk will l-e trailed across diaeoralt »•â- Â»Â». little fan of Uce will suddenly s, ntV**^-"^^*-" ^^' I'UOVI.W LVL I.AM the left comer, in order to hide a»^ -^ 6nrv,y-i Di.iii^Utsiuuii aud ... .ai breast that looks as if it might be the -,*«wd and M.irkdalc. !l:.v:i p (.uic. of » wound from a poniard, a " touv^--?!'"'**^ .^'^f" ""'^-y"" V"-f.'"' l*'4""i a romance. Poor Lucille Weater.i was aft! .-.t. birth mark. She was a regiiar 'ei Eaao. About her waist there was t growth of silky brown hair, whicii rat ;. a point in front. Where it come .abort tops of her dresses it wa^ carrfnllvihi but the akin alwaya remaine.l bine Lnclle wore a huge cross da gling 'â- y"^~g^^l^. portion of her anatomy. ^^^ j^ Parepa Koaa had a deep vacciuatiou -ct;^^^^^^.,^^^^..^ down her lobust arm, and whcu her.I ff^ were very abort a knot of ribb..n or i h\ Jlrttttwrjl. of flowers used to cover it. Bt^^wsh. ,^ so eitre nely stout the wore a giittta b above the elbow to hide it but »heii armlet bad to be aa big aa a w is'cv.t abandoned this oddity. One nigl t. n»»»" ^-~s--;:i~ i mm. of this acar to an American gi* «!.' "'• â- Â»â€¢"*» •â- â€¢ ••••!' her dreaaing room, the Yan'ktc of-^**'*tant to Dr. t ameri'ii. i "v, i. â-  Parepa an immediate and effectual od STILL BE AT THE UEVLliE Hot .M nrient of the offending spot She to. â- â€¢; V Markdide, on the la-t \V. .in. -â-  f*" ""dies I ff the toilet table, au.l, l.o; b montl.. when be -B-ill be i.r«|.iir. 1 i It above the arm, let one drvip of the o. mall openilions required upon tic;:: ;»l wax fall upon the plsc" snd there vuthe m.t -ati^lactory miiuiiLi. .ii.'i further need of concealing devioes A soimbli- t.iiu^. of fieah-tinted powder completed lii. ^^-^^^ â€" ^is^- ^^^»^» • P..ropas's makeup box forivcr tire stock of orsi^uml Field NV-ti-. 1 ports, lustlUCti.'Us, .Vc.uf iili ni- !»liT ae Within Ibe Inst fifty- five y-.a-, 1 |Mad to make Surreys in 'tuct -ir I therewith. l'i.'iii(- and E-i.u. Orediut' Hills, Mau and Sp. .•:;:.• .l: BnildiiiK Bridize" fIl^llI^il^.t ..u ii| hot a. Mouey to Louu hi .« )«i cei.t .i.t. lc^ lers by litti'i-. left with i -1. I'l.V I' will U; I'li.mi lly .itt i.'i'U tc^ aid oo t inc-d a bit of wax candle. A â-  MARKDALE. MtAlrOKl- Ont I'BOI'BIKI ' Barab BamlMrdt oa a Buat, A cable diapatch informed us a few days ago that Sara Benhardt brings with her to this uuuntiy " a coileotiun ot Ler paintings, and an na6niahtd bust of M. C.Hiueltn, which she hopes to complete oa the voyage." " Snob, indeed, waa Sarah's intentiwi, bat the haot «t M. CoaadiB will aot be flniehed 08 the vojege." The eeoond dhy oat the fair loulpor went o work at the Inut, and a larch of Dm Te«el eaaeed her ohieel to elip, aad away waat a purtiea a aU Oeqae- Im s auee s pr^ eeea «m af hie eara was •"JPi^ aad thaa Sara baoaa to grow â- adeidy oa Imt atae, aad heraSiel plSwed afamw aesaaa kie faealnv the leba^ the WlearU tka rtgkt eyakiaw. ead two er ??'.-â- ??•*•'• a*sde M. OoqaeKa look aa uhehadbeeaftaateNUicht peUtiaal liet. Oa the Muad im 8eia leet all iataioet fa art, ead, balieVlag ste woald die beiote â- eraiafceekedthecMtaialfhewoaMattani 4ite veeeal eiaaad aad go baok. Her raqaset waa lefaaed, bat Oe baet will not be i pMed ea the Tejege. TUe ie laliahla. Dr. T. MimsoN Coan has an iaten article in the November number of U. Mvgisint on "Securing a Compeu i,.(. Havin»; leastnl the m (.\«' l...i«; ..u.l in which he states that "the aveir.f;c t^hly refuM.i^lied aud i, li«ii-.l n. ti.u income in Great Bnaio, is |1«." «»: publ ic will tiud nery uc. tuui â-  i â-  United States, 1165; in the Lowf.ui- Mly ti.. l.c^^ ef li-iuor. ,iud ci»;ui. r» 1130 in France |126 in the Bri; si I od sl.lU;u^. Cairfiil houJu. " fJi â- ' in Germany, and also in Scanc joHN VAN UoliN rrofiK t via, f86. The annual accumulation ot«e»|tat. 17 l^M I ' in Germany is 200 millions ol .lollan ^-r^ «... Great BntJn, 325 milliuns in IraiM-e ^^O -V I II ^PT' IZ millions in the United States, i-2."iii; 11; Since 1860 our annual accumulation has 1 826 Bullions of dollars, snd tberelm c i«^t 4, jL McuUlU. eadeadds more to the wealth of tir Ik' ** States than the capita, value of lu!) Bvwv acvciuiiic ' "i. tbi Spain. Everyday that the sun ri«-i *hUfc Tin- bar is «.ll â-º! the A-nerican p opie r sees, .-in ad t: mieeet ^VllllSv ui..l 1. iUJi 92,900000 to Uie Mialh o- the u (.ui-lMi of C'lgHi-. Notwithstanding this rapid an.l vast scv-Ree 'bus tu uud from h" t!.k nlation of national capital, tbere w Sept. 17, 18l:«0. France thri-e times as many po.ple wh.'n a .j •• r- n « T* Li r T C on their incomes as vhere are in the ItJ UMMtRCIAL nUlt Statee. We mske money fas'er than' PRICE VILEjE Or.' people in the world, and sp.^u.l U a f^ " dealfaater. htt^ aud eommo-lious S»nii 1» 1; A TtTRKMH Joker.â€" The bisr ks."**^*! "oms, Ac li.r l:ai ii. i .u: Story of the traditional Joe Miller, J T-UJ *Pplied with tlii Usi li.. uuisk. key, ia that of his thrice fooling ..u s esii^ good Stnliling uud ntt. iil v. lln.t;.- of tme believers out of a sermon. I y ih' THOS. ATKINSON, ii'ii successive jocular repli.s. Tnc ti rst 1 1* Ift^jji^^ .;jW:ii asci-ndud the pulpit he said, " O true lievers, do you ki ow what I i.n. ;»n» il.e iinveli .ke.l »itl. til .(ii.i ll.t lt»J L.I ' No ' will r. iil«» " aay f They replied, asked, " Of what ase is it to i r c' t »^ i^ooiamnses T" and otaie down ;r ni thf i* pit. The next time, when he asked same ^neation, they answere i, "Ves know; whcreapoo, he sai.i "Tti.n" oeeleae for me to tell y oo, at d c.nie d( T^ third tiiae^ having taken counsel ther, the eoagregation prepared an aoC] whioh thev thought would corner V joker-preacher, and said, " Some of u? tt ead some of us don't " whcreuio" peonwtly replied, " Let thoee who k' toll those who don't," and onoe more d* down. LoHDoit ITerW.-â€" " It is pic: *^t t" " that the Qaeen has sufficiei ti/'V'^yt from the heavy eorruw v hich diaWoW bfe to be able to teke plei,are to\Mif!^ •Mt at a fOilee' haU. A v^^i^.- Her Meieety'e imparativa dn k) bs p*^ •eat at the State balls aid ool •«»**i, era givea erery aeatoh, aad t»»V "W"*^ ta wMeh an aiai i.;.ed ia th? «^ â- Â» i aad asrt jmr 1 he^ Her M»j*^ •"1 egtae toMeeive ber distiaguishrd g»^ *a persoa at Baokii^ham greatlv reduc Markdr^s^ai^t door t Expobi hL"' â- |K®®P BLtitl Cattle- at delivered at any 1880. Tbb Baparor Napoleon spent the) aft^ Sodea ia reading a novel. It was ' lmnfik$r i having good fat Sbeep e te sell, will find it to their advij .ya there names aud address at â-  Hotel, Bevere House, Markd "•igned are still on ibti war i Peaitively pay the highest ricesi C.W. 4A. SPEEi "th,W80. i