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 EGYPTIAN ROMANCe. ,nf LiiTe and Wild Adventure, founded upon Startling EeTela- tions in the Ca eer of Aiabi Pasha. .». iiisi*"" ,t " NiKA, The Nihilist," " Thb E«d Spot," " Ths RcasiAs Spy " ' Era, Era ' (jgiPlERXa. â-  VD THESCGAB PLUM CA8TLKS "' IKIHBAIB. II, hid left the presence of '»'i:£ burning with Indig; r- ,h «» perhaps all the more in- â-ºâ€¢*" fhw had given him no oppor- fe^Mor chilly politenes. a. ' ci*""".,... does not afford even 1" 'iT^never to enter it again, and "te cherished and made hun,. If ^y A ihU determmatloa for a rL,«»l hoars but for the hippen- tSipsctad and weloame inci- Vji'to leave the Mount Carmol *r, mthe Choabrah road through trlathewUlinnteadofby the Irrii'e eatrince, a procoetJing which Z7» couple of hundred yards of dw- f r^erforce passed directly under- wiodow, and as he did so the gently raised aid a rose was ^jhisfeet i first action waste glance up at the yd reaogniza the pale but lovely of N:liie Irezirr, and his next ffck up the rose and kiss it as he apirard for the second time whilst gjjeivoriiig to think of some fit .ing It] l^7 Itmsthe laiy who thought of the fit- firet, and it took the form of " O, tta sommer house. I will be there ly. Imnst speak with you." ng drigooj had not ezpoctsd £noh bat it pleiMsd him mightily, as (('bovand ptntomimis mition ex- ijf delight and ubedience, and at •nii o3 ia the direction cf the spot a gracef al liti;le kiosk, shaded by I tnd magnolias and very nearly bur- K'.h the creamy blossomed lasmine, littainito anch perfection in Egypt. geil; had been the occupant of the ki- utmtner house for mjre th-n a very inaieB when he descr.ed Nellie cross uli^n towards it with a hurried and ntly nerrons gait, clad in sott, cream^ idlsdiaa moslin, and her long nnboond kiitiag like a golden cloud around her lui ihoalders. Iiightly gneesed that she would sooner liedi; not advance to meet her, and |foIe^cmainedtranq lilly where he was. note later and Nellie stood before of extending a hand, however, i with bath clasped behind her back, ^ilie said with lips that trembled with ' ivhilfit she spoke Ifonid not let jqn go away, Frank, V bidding jon farewell. This Is the inethit joa will ever see me." Fbelaittime that I shall' ever see you T ""ie, what do yon mean by that " jintwliatl say, Frank Donelly, and Oj, yon won't c re much, so don't J to look so grieved, for if you could rily stay a^ay from me during a ^Bonth, forever will make little dif- Aod yet I did want to say good d knows, Nellie, that if I've stayed Ibm yrn for a month it has been the pi. ah aLd disagreeable t-»8k that r accomplished all my life through, lilic, that 1 did it entirely tor your I-' s msa loves a girl he should think » iiappineBs before hie own, and I PtiTebe-.n aardiy atudying onr hap Tiiy sreating a kiad of home war be- |J.i-ni jour parents, 'â-  fsnahima war b likely to break out i" J our interferer ce, and I m such a â- WTard that I've reaolvsd to run away pisTeanskiDg an engagement." pwe,for heaven sake tell me exact " "'.y wLa. J mean Y' l«re not, becau: you would be dis Pi h me for wha I have done." ""all, beoantilknow that you I I^jetrate nothing to create disgust riQuapproTa]." lul' « °*' 1^ 1 was to do so mean a I«to li«l*D a* keyholes, for instance T" »fi i «honl.i uot admire such an act in ^t, hrt i am very sure, dear Nel- -rtonld not commit snohanap- aderhand action without weighty 1^ Donelly, I shan't tell yon plainly r I (iid or whether I did not, becanse T» ;f e myse f look small but what IU*v, I? ""*? 'l*^* "»««'»• «»« ""ol* " r^e learned that mamma intends me Ift^tf J*'^»' the war minister. l '.Wongh papa as yet opposes the I»illt4r.t'^^ **•* stronger wiU of the IttleaT "^*"°'»^*»«" little finger, l."^_I wcape whilst there is yet time, at 1 " "' *^** I l»ad antioipat- al ^l' â- " t*"'" confidence, Nellite '-everything, and without re- H'dSlf^?«"°- Curiosity took hbi"" "°* »*»»me drew me q^kly at I J? V ® «ervanU shonld dis- h "owd 7^r*? "^y "»• night Kty i!!_"^«l »»^« »id to mamn jfc. leaa-aoho an exooM bl^ Ji? "*°™« ""d *J»en I did f"wcnB oAk'^***"'^^^ minutes »t «»WtanfK ^^ aervants was «C'^f'»»^»l«^y twice espied CH *••»«««• in which the jK'Ck^'^,^"'"" "dwewill «,Sl"S?o*tbm. Well, I am wili.^' "«»«" to esoape v«n 1,^^^ ^Z' "' I WiU not marrr you. knowing that you lore another bettor^ h^-Tif ""'""Â¥'*•" Nellie, you must «Ti ** to be impossible » ' ^^ -P.*^ ^**? '"' » on«Btly deny that you ?M.V"^?*"'*^"^^«"'"»»who wmtâ„¢ ttUs deadly warning and then attempted my murder by means of hired usamnar better than you do me? If she had not some strong olaim upon you, why should she have been enraged as your daring to look at me in tne theatre last night-so anary as to want to kill me? Aye, so angry wtokuS meâ€" for very sure ami that the armed Jiadoums who attacked our oarriaee were her agent)." ••Nellie, my darling, you both astound an^ bewilder me. I know what you mean, and I am aware also that she was at the the*tre hwt night, but I have neither seen nor held speech with her for weeks, and on the very night of the fete at the Gezirah iTAiaoe, and within a quarter of an hour from the time when your mother found and tsok you aw*y from me, I returned her her gift, the opU ring, which hadcAUsed yon so much terror and uneasiness." •• You did this and for my sake Theh *bat is why she hates me. Oh, I am so glad of it, and I do not fear her hate no *, in the least. See, Prank, thisâ€" this ia what she sent me." And ae she spoke Nellie drew from her bo- som and handed to the young dragoon the symbolical warning from the " Eagle " unto the •• Dove " which had been forced upon her acceptance by the huge black hand in the vestibule of the opera house the preced- ing night. As Frank lonelly received it a perturbed and aaxions expresaion came into his face, which he in vain endeavored to hide- Then, finding that the was regarding him intently, he said, with a forced laugh •' By George, I believe an Oriental wo- man is c «pable of any iniquity but we will defeat her machinations, and tho«e of the crafty Arabi as well. I now put to you the question which I should have put the day snooee iing the fete at the palace, had I not feared that your returning me an affirmative answer wjuldhave marred rat'cer than made your happiness I swear to yon, Nellie, that 'twas tor yonr welfare ony that I held back. Now, however, that changed circum- stances haveeu'irely altered the case, I urge you of two evils to choose the least, and to 8-oretly elope witii me and become my wile." "Why secretly, F.-ank Everything that is secret seems to me to be also wrong." •' Nellie, it is sometimes legitimate to fight a certain dark complexioned geutle- man with his own weapons. Your parents could prevent our marriage because you are under age. Now, don t look indignant, for I did not apply the demoniac simile to them, bnt*to Arabi Pasha, who is a man of great power, and one who would not be likely to let you slip from bet we m his fing- ers after he had obtained your parents' con- sent that yon should be his wife for a be- trothal according to hia creed, ia almost as binding ava marriage, and he would not comprehend yonr having any right to dispose of yourself contrary to the expressed will nf yonr parents. He would for these reasons think it properly legitimate and proper to seize upon yon and slay ma, and he ia in a poflition at present to couple both deeds with the will. " Oh, Frank, I am very loth to lead you into dan eer, but what ia to le done? I k.:iow that if I remain here mamma will sac- rifice my happiness to her ambition. She has never failed to win p^ pa over to a single one of her pet schemes yec, nor will she in this 0389. My only hope of safety lies there- fore in fl ght, but 1 can escipe alone. Two ho- ri will take me by train to Alexandria, and I do not despair of getting away to Eagland by s: me ^ip or other, for there is nearly always one on the point: of sailing." ♦♦ Your si^eme ia toy own, my precioua darling, my own at least with some slight Variation'?. Instead of your goirg alone we must go tegether in lieu of twa hours' joomey to Alfxaeidria, it must be a three hours' one to Port Said, and in place of simply aome veaael nr ther, it muat be the P O. maU ahip Poonah, which aails from thence at five o'clock to-morrow morning, and can be eisily caught by the night mail leaving Cj^iro at midnight. It must be a case of a downright old-fashioned elope- ment, such aa we read of in novels, with a ladder, a carriage in waiting and all that kind of thing. What say you, Nell " " How can I allay my parents' anxiety concerning me. and how and when can we get married, Frank?' " A note on yonr toilet table will effect one and the chaplain of the Poonah will per- form the other. She ia the veasd that I came out in, and I know him to be a good fellow, who would oWige me in anything. We'll be married within a quarter of an hour of getting aboard, and we'll ait down to breakfast ae man an d wife with the land of Egypt many a mile astern of ua. My dear Nellie, the whole thing ia ao easy that it cannot faU. I will be at your window ex- actly at • quarter past eieiveB, by which timeeverT one In the houae wiU be sound aaleep. Coma, dutiing, why do yon look ao aadt^ « Tia at the thought of leaving my pw- enta, fitom whom I hate herer yet been part- ed." "That Borrow oomeate nfaie j^la ootof every ten, aooner or teter, Neliie, aadjbe- OdZ Tfeel quite eowthrt they wMl ho* be to England befowhmir, where we alwU of course meet them on »««^„^*^"*^'3 the parental bk«dng and Jlthatiortof thing." With tUa and -iniiltt â-  mJ"^*** " vonos dragoon effioer won the lair enam- quauSedoSnaentto aU Wtapwo^/J" ttiey prtMoeded to the bulldiiigofbrfeM Madeatotheair. whiahnn otowacd^t* tHUdMtaedto the bfiBl«t po-lblewhil. to kttook ant. CHAPIIRXni. "a^^. "" «««»*» "IWB » THE 8WOBB ABD THS ZeTBTUV TO TOnfflB. tH ^^ ¥°« •* ' Mianged. even ^,« *S* ""'^t detaila, Fraikhiuted to NeUie that H would be tZn prudent to them to part, for that, were thwT^een to- gether, or ahoold H even bs diacovered that they had met. anatddon might be aroused ^\'?^"'P".*f *^^^ which^JSSd "â„¢*' « •lopement Impoauble. Nellie aav the aenae of hie line of argu- m«t,ttd yielded to it St once. ^^ tJr^^}^ *** "** '»»k apraag to hia feet to bid her farewaU and thei take him- aeli off to town. „ill" 5"*?« •«««» wwwd hia awordto datter in hia aheath. and. atrange to say, the fair girl for the firat^time nottoedthathe wore one. She t^k alarm at once and laid " ^^7 do you wear a aword whn not in uniform, and when aim ply coming out to pay a morning oaU? la there any real need for It la Cairo at all disturbed " "The canaille is disposed to be a trifle insolent that is aU, or very nearly all. Nel- ue. And then you know a sword ia a kind of emblem of respectability in a aemi-bar- barouadty like Cairo. Those are aome of the reaaona why I buckled mine on this morning." Frank Donelly'a chief reaiona were far more aeriona ones, but he did not dare to Kive tbem utterance, for he knew that did Nellie once get it into her head that danger menaoed her ptrenta, nothing would induct her to leave them whilat it remiined. He waa delighted to think that hia inno- cent aubterf nge was accepted by her with- out question, bat aa a further precaution against her putting to him any more awk- ward questions he hurried their parting over, and felt glad when he beheld her steer- ing her way towards the houae so aa to gain t-ie rear thereof by the route of a thick shrubbery and a door in a wall which he kne w led into the kitehen garden. Not so delighted was he, however, when, upon entering the kiosk shaped summer houae in turn, he aoughtaa quickly aa poasible to regain the Choubrah ro id and hia hotel (the world famed Shepherd'a, which, withite lovely gardena, atanda in the very oniiskirta of C*iro), he espied Arabi Pasha, the war minister, coming directly toward him across the lawn, and already so near that to avoid him was a matter of bheer impossibility. Perceiving that his retreat was cut off, Frank determioed to stand his ground, but to avoid a quarrel if poaaible, ainoe it would be dangerous to provoke ao powerful, and aa he anspected, ao nnacmpuloua a foe aa this daring aoldier of fortune. He aaw his heavy browa meet in a frown and hia naturally thick lipa contract into mere linea as he bit them to reatraia the fierce promptings of hia paaaion. Then he readjusted his swordlelt, apparently ao that the hit of the weapon ahould come handy to hia grasp, and the sight made the young Iriah cbagoon mutter fidrcely to him- aelf " If he appeala to that argument I think I'll be able to out-reaaon him." By the time that he had come to thia con- clusion Ahmed Arabi confronted him. He touched the edge of his r^d tarbonoh in aalntation and then aaid in French " I came hither through beiiu; told that I ahould in all probability find MUa Treaarr here."' " Your excellency haa been misinformed on that point, yet, nevertheless pray pass in and oonvincs yonraelf," replied Frank, atepping on one aide. Th^j Egyptian at once did ao, but to dia- oover noth'ng but an empty room. The right did not afford him the aatistac- tion that Captain Donelly had hoped that it would have done. But the Oriental nature is pre-^eminently suspicions, and there were certainly even more than sufficient grounds in the present case to cause that suspicion. •• Though Miss Trezarr is not here at pre- sent she has been here," said he. Thereat Frank merely shrugged his shoul- ders, for he scorned to give utterance, to a falsehood, though he never-the leaa wished to avoid oonfesaing t) the truth. Arabi P^isha was not, however, to be put off with a shrog, and therefore retorted sharply " 1 have aaid that Miss Trezurr haa been here, and yon do not seem to be able to deny it." " Yonr exoelleiftoy, I fail to see that I am under any obligation to affirm or dray it." • Yon may see it clearer when lioform you that I am making inquiries concerning my affianced wife," -answered Arabi, with the redness of anger showing through the bronze of hia cheek. « I oan aasnre your exoellenoy that I have â- een n thing of your offiinoed wife." '• Liar, you came here to meet her, and ahe haa been in your company within thia piat quarter of an hour," roared the Egyp- tian, his anger getting tli3 npper hand of hia diacietion aa he obeerved the flaahing eyea and curling mnatached lip of the young of- ficer, aa well aa the contemptuous aneer that he had laid on the laat three worda of hiaapeech. But the epithet ••liar," proved aa a light- e^ matoh to a barrel of gunpowder, for the Celtic blood waa every whit aa hot aa the ECTptain and tiie weight of the mault Waa ao heavy that pmdenoe UiAed the beam. Frank Djnally, in abort, firat of all aeiz- ed the war mbilster by the throat and hurl- ed him back againat the wall of thelittie summer houae, and next drawing liia aword exolaimed to menacing tonea "Your exoellraoy will not leave thia pUoe until yon have apologized for that to- aolt, or elae liave riaoed it ontof my power to demand thtfapedogy. CoBse, air; eitiier ntnotor defend yoniwlf. Yen wear a ,w»rdandlpi«inn»y«,«nnftt. "My aword and my life belong alike to mv country, and tiieone may not be drawn or the otiitt rlakwl to an idbquarvai," an- â- wered tte war aduhtar, f oUteg hia arrna onhialiroaBt whilat oonfronking hia riyal with an apparentiy nndanated miia, thouh titeredflnsh had anddenty died oat of to- â- tMd of deepening on Wa eheeka. iTiroaldai^rb^ w»n for aU partiea ooooKoed hadFraiA Deadly tteenpoD aheiktiicd hia w^-^on and walked »way. But an IriahimHi' tamper when onee heatod SieaaHttlettaietooool. and ftadfawaa '^« GbwttdT' WhlMad betwMnhiaciaBoh- yoa dare not oroH awerda with ri lUythmij^Mrima '.â- eaathiiatiMtyanare the. eoward of ttie two in this boUylng and meaac'ng a man who ia obliged to devota Ida awoid and hii life to aohtor porpoaea tiian common hrawla." What reply tiie dragoon could have aaade to thia nnakilfnl retort of the Egypll%n'ait ia impoasible to aay, for at tIA juaotne to through the door of the kiodt-Uke anmmer houae burst, Bword to liaad, the war minia- ter'a two white twderliea, whoae duty it waa never to loae aightof theirmaater tat mora than a few aeooida at h iba» and by tliaae herculean fellowa, who were negroea nt the SoudfBiwj^ toe^ thros^ and h«qda at blaek and sidbifng and pdahedae ebony Frank Dinelly'a anna were ptoionndtoan inatont and hdd aa in a vlee. " loahallah, nwtUnka U la I who now poaaesa the power to force an apolonr from you," aaid the war mimater. calndy. "But,' he added, "' 1 will be magnanimona, for ^e winner of ao great a priae (you know wdl to what I ailode) can well afford to fn;g^ve the chsgito of tiie kaer. Mweeyer, that which I rwuaed to threate I grant aa a free offw* ingâ€" my regreta for m/,liasty apeedi. So saleni aleicoom, and may God be with you. Let theFeringhee genuemango to peace." His laat worda were addreaaed to hia two black orderiiea, who at once released the youn'it Irishman's arma,; thongh to place themselves to such a podtion between ^m and their master aa to be able inatantly to frustrate any attack that might be noade upon the latter. But Frank D jnelly had no longer dther a dedre or an excuse for such an attack. The proverbial coala of fire had been heaped up- on his head, and though tliey burned snd tortured him exceedingly, ajanoh coala al- waya do, it would have been moat ungrad- oua to have received them diacourteously, or to have made any effort to get rid of them. The young officer therefore bowed, sheathed his aword and hurriedly retired, leaving Mount Carmd by the route that he had originally intended, and thereafter making nla. way along the Choubrah road dty wards as quickly as possible, for rajdd movement is always the best antidote for a troubled mtod, and Frank's was particular- ly troubled and sore. "He has toterviewed Nellie's parenta, dazzled them tote sanetiontog his suit and entertainmg his abhorrsd proposals. Then tii€y referred bim to the dear girl heraelf, and faiUng to diaoover her in the houae, di- rected him to what they knew to be her fa- vorite haunt â€" the kiosk summer house. How fortunate it was that I saw her and that we had time to arrange all our plana before we were mtermpted. Aa it ia, she can suffer only a few hours of persecution at the moat, and then we will have left it and ito origto alike behtod." Such were Frank's reflections, mmgled, however, with many an anxions fear that something might now ooenr to frustrate all their plant, for he f dt that he waa no match aa f ar aa sohemtog went, with an Oriental, especially one who poaseaaed the almoat un- bounded power of Arabi Pdsha. He would have felt tofinitdy more un- easy still could he but have heard what passed between the war nddater and hia black orderliea after he had quitted them. " Yousaoof and Manaour," the pasha had aaid to them impreasively, at the same time laying a hand on the shoulder of each, " that Feringhee dog from whom yon have just preserved me is steyins at the Hotel Shep- herd. Now attend, the dinner hour there is at seven, the meil laato an hour, and as a Fertoghee would almoat aa aoon loae hia life aa hia dtoner,- exaetiy at eight, or, to be quite safe, a few minutes previondy, he must be lured forth on some spodous pre- text or other, bj made priaoner and con- signed to a dungeon from which by no pos- sibility will he be able to escape. D) yon clearly understand me ' " Would not a grava be the safest.duh- geon, excellency " demanded. Manaour. " It is the oidy prison house from which esca- e ia impossible," chuckled Youssoof. " No, he must not be made away with," answered the war minister slowly. "I will have po shedding of blood for any less holy purpoEC than the winning of freedom and the destrnctioncf tyranny. He must be be- guiled into some dark way or turning and then a gag must be s-cnred in his month and the loose covering and face matk of a woman be thrown over him aa a disguise, and in that plight he must be conveyed through the native quarter to the citadel and handed over to th' custody of his ex- cellency Suleimui Zogheib Eflendi, the gov- ernor, whom I will see during the day ax to. his disposal. Yonr task will be accom- plished with his safe delivery." He then stood to apparent deep reflection for a minute or two, when he muttered " I dare not lose any more time, on anch an important day aa thia," and wtth evi- dent regret hurried toward hia oarriage, fol- lowed by the ordwlies (TO BK OONTUOTSD.) Th« Boot and Shoe Tnis of Montreal- During the past ton yeata tiie leather bnatoeia haa been developing aa one of our great natimuJ toduafariea and it la proltable that to a few more yeara Canada will have acquired no mean repototkn abroad aaa manufao urerof leather, and leather gooda: Theee todnatriea have developed greatiy in tiie prevtooe of Quebec, owtog paray to the oheapneaa of labor and ita faciutica for tan- ntog the raw leather. Out of 60 taanwiee for tjuinfag aole leather, about two thirda are to the province of Quebec Montreal alone iiaa 25 caiinariee,andoBt of $10 000,000 worth of leather made aimnally to Canada, Montreddealera and manntoetarera take over $5,000,000. There are aoaoe 35 boot and ahoe toctoriea to the dttjt a leathar-boaid worka, fi^re faotoriea for making tmaka, valiaea, aatohds, etc, and the total handa employ- ed over 5,000, beaidea thoee to whom work ia given out to do at their hamee. Ihaae boot wsd ahoe estaUtahmairta paoduoe 15,- 000 pain every day or $5,500^000 wertii a year about-rix par eent. of which are now aant to-fweign uuuirttlai. A oorreopaaideat of tide paper, mting thei« toota, and anziona to aee hoi^ boota and ahoea wne tamed out to thia idioleaale toahian, Yittted one o the large faotoriea of the d'y. Ttie eatalialim«t to qoeattoa â€" long kiMnm tothetrade of Oaaada aa J. kT, Bell- happened to be tiie ddeat to To give an Idea of tiie vitality at tfaeae Montroal firma. it may be i ad that thb firm haa bean I istaneo afaeeisai. It waeloanded by tte btoAiacmaderBell, wheae brother Jeehna to tiwboot a 181«. JediaawHl Thenmi. aonaelAIex. Bel, ooMtoiwdfa Oe atopaef Oeic f|^i^ andk on hia own aocount. ' It « iUAi i^tan tStt* bratiiara, bavtog emhariud on Oeir own m- count, join handa to boainaoa again, Imk theee twoaeparatofirma were amaigami^in 1845. and th« r^nlt la, the firm of J. ft T. BaB htanda to thia day aa one of the laadtogboot and ahoe eatabliicaMnta fa Canada en Ae finer olaaa ol goodi. Ibe factory i warerooma eanpriaa naven fiata, theeat^ liahment tutntog oat lavwal tiionaand p«i« per week. Aine ooriiaa engine oooapiH the baaement^ nndthe firat low la taken qp with BBaehtoee for o««Hng and ahapiag M adaaof boota. Aoompleto aole isoatont at eaah atroke of fte maahine, aqd anetfcir machine preaaaa thn aok faAe the ahape ef the foot. Thaae ate othw maohtoea iMr aplitttog theaeleand fermaktogife of unilsnan thiokneoa ;aadag«to another maohlaeenhi a groove to the edge nf tiie wla ao that Ilia aawiagoanaftemardabedono. Qnanothnr flat tbenppera are out and paaaed to tei an- other departaaant to be aewn together,, 'Hie aewiiw ia done by maditoery, of oouinn, a^d thia firm were ttae fint to totrodnoe aim machtoery of any kind toto Canada, havi^ aa early aa 1845 Imported a Singer maddae from New York to aaw uppers «eith. Vraoi thia time datea tiie adoptioo of mairhfatry to the boot and ahoe trade of Canada. Den- nia Barron, a mjn who has been to the em- eoy of the firm for 43 yeara,. mentioned the troduction of the machine aa a gtetit cir- iodty in the ahop, adding that tite drcmn- stonoe was emphasized to hb memory by re- ceivtog tn the same casea'Blble M« preaent from Mr BalL Judging from tfaia toddeat, and the fact that many of the other empi^-; eea have been with the firm for perioda ef 20 and 25 years â€" aeveral gbrla having eonae aa children and left only on the occasion ef their marriageâ€" 'there muat have been* great deal 6t good will existing between the rm and ite employeea. Speaking,of machto- ery, the change that hastaken place to thia respect in the boot and shoe trade ia wonder- fuL Almosteverythtogthatwaadonebyhand thirty years ago is now performed by bm- chtoes. except the laating ^ooesa, and even thia ia now largely done by maohinery en some of the lower grades of boote to ths S Atea. Althongh tmrty yeara comprehends the era cf maohtoery to thia Une die moat important improvementa have been effected witbtotbe l8t fifteen yeara. Making tbe button holea for button boota, f or inatame, waa done by hand till within a few yean ago. This onoe tedious prooess is now done on a peculiar maohtoe, which wiU bnt- ton-ho^e 60 pain of boota, or a total of I9l0 button holea a day. Another oom- psratively new machine will atitoh and trim the edgea of nppen at one opentfan, and doea ita work in the moat exact man- ner. S till another maohtoe doea the " akhr- tog" or beveling of the edge of an upper, and here agam the nu^shine work ia an improvn menton the handprooeaa, bdng done quick- ly and evenly, whereaa by hand it requind a oertdn " knack" which many otherwin excellent workmen oonld not attato There ia one cnrioua maohtoe which tuma ah mtos of leatiier in upon itaelf and with tiie iMp of cement, will make a aort of hem complete to one operation. Another triumph of aUI tothiaduaa of work ia the maditoe which wfl aew to the aole of a boot to le^a than haK a mtoute, uid othen are the bed trimmeaa, aoourers and bumishera. The laat named machine consuto of a ateel bnmiaher heated from withto by a jet of gaa, and moving round the heel, preaatog hard to the bed aa it movea back and forth and ^vtog a perfoet poliah to it aa it travela by an automatfa motion over every part of the bed. One of these seta of bnmishera will do 7 oaaea, or 420 pairs of boota a day. There are also bnffiog-maohines which by means of sand- papered oyUnders impart a finished and vel- vety feel and appearance to the coles of the boota and many other oontrivancea wh^ are an improvement on manual labor to potot of speed and porf eotion of work, com- pristog ia all aome 30 or 40 different kinds of machiaes. On being asked aa to tibe effecta of the amall pox epidemic on tke bn iness, Messrs. J. T (jagar and Johm Stephens, the managing partoen of Ibe firm, said that as far as their own tnde waa concerned they had had a very satisfaotoqr season; and U'lW had samples prep.ired for their travders to start out for the comtog season, with every ^oapect of a good trade. They had a wi 'cr range of gooda than be- fore, havtog gone toto. men^a aa well aa ladiea, boota and shoes, which had been tlieir aole apecialty for aomeaeaa -na paab WliAe they worked only on the better dan of goods and employed therefon the belfear dan of workmen, they had taken extra pfe- cautiona againat amall-pox, even thongh it waa the opinion of aome medicd men tint contagion could not be carried to boota and ahoea owing to the dlsinf eottog nature ef the ohemicda uaed to preparing tbe leather. They bad withdrawn ul work anch aa boil- ing, etc. formerly done by work people oat- dde, and had everythtog done on weir own premiaea, and they had net only had kS thdr employ OM vaodn ted, but had cauaed an inapsction of their prembwatobe made by an independent physician, andliavelwd subsequent weekly viaita to tiie faotoy made by a doctor who aen that nonecMf tile employen or their famiiiea are au£Elsrtag from tiie diaeaae. Hence with all thew ^- cautiOna, ot which thefar customen have bean aware, tiiey have not auffsred to hnrinnn. Happ'ly.idao the dina s a haa of late great- ly abated, and tUa, together with tiie pn- eautions taken hf Monteed merdianta genmally, will reatore general oonfidenoe to trade Your oorreapondent waa pleoaed to learn that it Is the intention of two er tiuee of the prindpd boot and ahoe manufae- tnrara here to aand aamplea of tlielrprodiieta to the Colonid and Indian EihiUMon to be held to London next year. Th^ wB certainly do Canada credit. Itb aald tiiat aaaaa who eata oniana will dwaya ke-p a aecret. Thiabpartiydneto tinlaottfaat tfaeman whoeata onkwh rarely aUowed to got withto wU^ntogdlli- tanoe of hb lellow-men. A oeneapondent wanta to know if it b proper to wge a yooag lady tosfag at on ilin gafehortog, aftn ahe 1. itr erenti b proper to urge a little, batnet toomneb, Int ahe ahodd ohaage her mind. An ezdiaoge aaya " A Ketoucky aaan reoaDtiy wandsrad Into ehureh whfle aatiba waabeliighdd" Itb aappseen that amn Hdlew oren jeken had reoiotad a bgar hnr aton and piMed tt ever the door of the ' eh. Itbanentragetoloda] tinkwqrl ^, "â- !•â-  â- n^ll hi .» ,1 '--1 I .. 'i If' â-  •â-  1 i :- i â-  f ' .â- ;! • •â- â€¢, fi ^;l â- â- ' n I! â- â- I ii '"' f: â- â- !• â- J â-  u^ â-  (I ]; III â- iij