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Air ENGLISH TRAGEDY. Murder of a i i ft ! / V by Wife and Six a Ohemi&t. Ohildren SUICIDE OF THE MUBDEREB. A MknohtHtar corresiioiulem sends the ioUowiii;^ particulttrs of a uliockis^ crime whidi wad ooniiniit.il'iii ^nlford on Mon- day wetk Its liriiily tain rud oy r.iibU-: A {•flaily namei-l Oerby oixupiad a amuU bat decent liouso in Omliilil Btiei-t. Tht» faniilv oonsUtect Of ijamntl U. l>i-rby, aged aboat 35; hia wife, apimrt'iiliy a littlu older; and aixchllilreu â€" Knitot Ll-^wfllyu, a^e'l 1^ ; Harold Percy, 11 ; Frederick Cecil, 'J; Clara Elizabeili, 7 ; FlorencH Ueleii, 5, aud Gladys, .i. The father was a chemist and herbalist, and there was no evidence of want or J4riiidiiin poverty in their surround lugs. NothiuK of uii uiru.-ual character took plac:e ill the proceedings of the family until Tuesday, when it was noticed that HOne of theuj appeaii d. On Tuesday and Wediicsilav uothuiij was heard of them, but as their ueiKhbors were used to their absence, little was thought about it. On Thursday morning thu hret ii quiry was made by Derby's siatir. who livL-s in the adjoiiiin(4 street. Slio called at her brother's house to inijuire as to tlitir w. Ifare, and was Borprised at tintling it loi:ked up. This circumstance she n ported lu her father, aiul he wetit aud tried to net mtutha hoose, but failed. Yesterday inoruiny the aged father and Ins daunhier umile another at- tempt. A;;ain failing, he procured a ladder and, cliuiutn^ to the back betl-room win- dow, saw Mrs. Derby aud two children in bed, appan iitly apleep. burstin|J iuto the room, liB toiiml that they were all dead. Aju alarui was raised and a fiirlher search w<ls made. In another bed room, lying ill perfect repose,, and with the oed clothes neatly fol.ied over them, wire four other children, aUo dead ; ami m the kitchen, lying on his side on the sofa, the body of the man Derby was also found All eight members of the family were thus discovered lifeless, riiu f»ceB of all tha dead were peaceful, siiowing that no »truj;gle had taken place and tnat no violence had been naed. The police were h«fiily summoned, aud their ii.tiuuu-s and researches made it evident that a terrible series uf murders had been coniniiited. probably by tire father, who bad afierwaids taken bis own life. On tlio tabh' beside hiui were two bottliis, e>ue ui*>'ked " i'ru;<8io acid," and the other 'â-  ( Uiloralu hydiatt- " In the bedroom in wli.cli the ohildren were lying wasa lea-cu|i centaining a niilklike tluid. Inquiries Ironi the iieigliburs showed that Derby had bee:i for come lime a little queer. Ills troubles arose nut from want, bat from other forms o( money troubles. He was inture'sted iD h will, froi^t which he expecleil to derive considerable benefit, but some dispute arose, and the uiatter caused the man much .li»tress. The deferred hope in couneelion wilh his e.\pected bei|ueBt, which he nevi r received, neeuis to have preyed on his mind and unhinged it. There aeems umloulited evidence that the crime was premeditated. This is uraile cltjar by various leiters which tun lu tlia possession of the poller. Ill which lie in.ikes reference tohis inteniioii of doing awi<y with hiin- â- elf, and s.iys he has toll his wife, and she is williuK <o ^u »itU hini. I'hu most im- portant U tier bearing on the |«)iiii is one addressed to iussiati r, a Mrs Itooth, who resides at Uc> tes. luiliis he xays : " I husband was fully dressed, even to his over- coat, and he was foimd lyiug on the sofa in the kitchen. Considerable speoalation has arisen as to the agent employed in the destruction of all the lives, and though several cups were found upstairs, and one on tho floor near the sofa in the kitchen, there was no smell to give any clue to the nature of the poison employed. This doubt has now been set at rest by the pott mortem examination, which was made on Saturday by Dr. Wilsou, a local physician. U.e ooui- meuced with the body of the man, whie'lihe foond to he- well nourished anci-healthy so far as the trnnkorganswereconcerned. When the stomach was opened a atrong smell of pruaaio acid was eniitled, and the cause of death was at once disclosed. Dr. Wilson contented himself withan internal examina- tion of only one of the other seven bodies. In this case precisely similar symptonis were at once discovered. In the case of tho other six persons the doctor contented him- self with un examination, but was able to declare that the cause of death was the same in all the cases. Derby, as a chemist, was fully acquainted with the character and effects of various poisons, and be seems to have selected one which, though certain in its action, was (juickand gave little or no pain. Then; is no distortion of features in any case and all appear to have died calmly. In a bo.x in one of the bed-roouis was discovered the will and docuuienta re- lating to the Irish property which have caused so much trouble, and tiu.;lly un- hinged the mind of the unfortunate man. His father, who is over 70 years of age, has been interviewed, but is unable to throw any more light on the affair. » TOL'ClIINll INCIDE.NT. The deceased was masically inclined and played the harmonium which he possessed with considerable facility. In pathetic contrast to the awful trujiedy whicli has taken place is the fact that yesterday week the poor children gathered round their parents in the warm glow of tlie sittinu- room tire, aud whilst the dead mau pla> ed the harmonium they sang with the melodi- ous aweetness of childhood the hyniii, " Take, oh I take me to Thy care " Such was their last song on earth â€" the sigiuli caiice of which is as overwhelming as the catastrophe which followed. LesH than twenty hours altertheir childish iipsforiued the innocent invocation they were truly at rest â€" in the sleep that knows uoawakening. LuteHt .Seuttihh News. oaniiot lo»v < uiy darlini; wife ttu.l ohildren behind. In fad, .\iinie oflen saul she did not want tu livo after 1 went, and when 1 toM her b few days ago that 1 could not Btaiiil iliin any louger, ^lie «ai.l she was quite ready to go, 1 wish our tjodies to bo senttoOAens Colle^w for ilissection, etc. It they are buried, let the fum ral be cou- dncted in the (|iiiete8t way possible aud at the lease expense." A I'lioii.MiIiF. c\rsi;. Police records have bee*n »oU;<ht in vain for a parallel so liir as the e.xieiit of the tragedy is oiieeTnid ; bat ita whole siir- rouiuliiri^-, are elnui,ed wlih pathos, ami destitute of anything in the way of bru- tality. Saiiui. r Hall Derby, the leading actor in Ihu ilieaaful driinia, hml been well brought lip, ntiil until a Hhcr* time ago was in couifurablu cireiiiiiat.iui.:t)S. lie was the manager if a laiL;e chiniiot and druggist business, and lx."i les niakii g n lairiiiosine had oonsni. rahle [iro.-. peels iroin a maternal imcls who f ,.ru>ed a ^ix^i , niate in the County ol Dv iry. .\.l)i>iil ihiee years ago, however, his hialtli faihd.andhe was com- pelled to givi' up his Hituation. Ho com- Slaiiied ol piiiiin ill his heiiil, ami it was isooven d that an ab-soss lial formed. This, after a tini'-, as it waH iho i-lit, was removeil, and ul'ler a si.\ nMUiilis' stay at Colwyu Bay. with his laiudy, he rolurned to tjalford in iiuproved health and in good gpirits. He told a frleml that ho thought he slioiiM recover, but within • few wieks of his return hu had another lelap-e. This time he showed signs of deiiij i.;i'mcnt, and he was sent twcKe mmiths a.io to Ireland to stay with bis ancle. Here be was treati-d with much kindnexs, and lii.-i health iuiproved. L.ist August his iiiicli- dnd. The tiouble broke out again ; his inin! v.a.-i ([uite unhinged, and when, in tho folio a mg month, he returned t« Htlford he took with hiui his imcle's will and a iiombi r of docuiueiils referring to tin- 1 stale. This provented the will being proved, but no amount of per suasion would iuduue him to part with any of the docunuMis, beianse, he said, his brothers, who were co- beucflciarioB with him, wanted to rob him. WUeu he returned to Salford. he wi n^ to live in tho small house 111 liarlield s-lreet winch has been tho scene of the tragedy. These facts, which were eliciieil on Saturday, leave no room to doubt the unfortunate nmn's state of mind. Them is imthftig to 1 ad to the ' belief that his '.vi,u was similarly affected. In one of his letters, however, he says that his wife was .|iiite ready to die wilh him, and in a 1< tier vhich vvas diHijiivered on â-  Saturday be asserts that his dear wife took her dose like, a lamb. WAS Tilt: Wll'li A I'AlllV TO THH CIIIUK? Not a f vv people think Mmt both parents were itoiiewrned in the murder of the child- ren, ami ihni llu husband gave the fatal dose to his wife. Then !'e wrote some let. ters, anil linnlly poisoned hiniself. The bodies of the sevqii violjms found upstairs were undrecseil, and were lying in bi cl as if asleep. Tliev had evidently been carefully fcrrangeil alter death. The body of the X'leuro-pneumonia is spreading at an alarming rate in soma parts of Aberdeen- shire. Uev. Dr. Hay, Inverkeillor, has on rp. tiring been presented with a silver tea and coffee service. One kidney of an ox recently killed by A. Wyneaa, Aberdeen, measured 1 feet '.) inches, aud weighed 1 10 lbs. Mr. Robert Bruce Johnston, writer to the .Signet and Procurator- Fiscal for Edin- burgh is dead, in his fi^rd year. The estates of tho Bev. A. H. Belcher, Fasijue Parsonage, Fettercairn, have been sequestrated under tho bankruptcy Acts. According to the Scottish Newt, great numbers of Irish cows, many over 20 years of age, are used up for sausageHiu(ilas«uw. Miss Matilda Macphail, uf EdiuburKh, who is going to Madras, is the first lady medical missionary sent out by the Free Church. Mr. Bobert Kerr, senicr partuer of the liriii of Kerr <!' Co., spool lottoo nianufao- turers, I'aisley, died there on the llih of February, There died at Free Inverbrothock 'Manse, Arbroath, on tho 1th February, the Uev. David Crichton, LL.D , in the H7th year of his age. The old festival of Up-Uellya was ob- served at Ijerwick, Orkney, on the .10th ult., the event being celebrated by a torch- light procession. It is understood that the house and grounds of Abbotsford, which have been advertised to let, have been rented by Mr. Thorbiirn, of Liverpool. The custodiers of the National Wallace Monument at Stirlinghavu accepted an olTer of a bnst of James Watt for the Hall of Busts within the structure. A live starling was rec-ently found in TJIair No. !• Pit, Dairy (120 fa'honis below groimdj. It aliKhleil ou the head uf the oversmaii and allowed itself to be caught. The death is announced of Mr. Liiohard BaiiiiCH. for many years weli-known in connection with the firm of Uaimes, Blanchiiril iV Co., whohsale chemists, Edinburgh and Leith. T'ho guarantee fund of tho lllasgow I-;x- hibition, to be opened in May, amounts to nearly L:tOO,000. Tho E.xhibiunn will cover an area exceeding by 20,000 feet the space of tho Miuichester E.xhibilion. The Gla.Hgow police fouml at Camlachie, on the Hth February, the dead body of a Mrs. King lying on a bed in her house, covered with wounds and blood. Her hus- band and three other persons have been arrested un suspicion. HiDco the Scottish Educatinn Act came into force, 15 years ago, 1 1. UUO.OOO, or tl per head of tho population of Scotland, has been spent in tho erection of school build- ingH, and tho annual cost of the upkeep of these buildings is C 1.000,000. Tho memorial erected in West Parlia- ment Square, Edinburgh, to the late Dnko of Buocleiich was niivoiled the other day by tho Karl of Stair in tho piesenee of a large coucuursu of people. The uieuioriHl, which consists of a colossi] bronze statim by Boehm, U..\., standing ou an ornate pedestal, has cost £ti,700. Sir William Johnston, of Kirkhill, long head of lh3 lirm of W. A- .\. K. .lohnston, publishers, Kdinbur);h, whose maps, etc., are well liiiown throughout the world, died on tho 7th inst. at the ripe ate of nearly Kli yenrs, having been born at Kirkhill Bank in October, lsO'2. lie started business in 1825, and the following year sssunied his two brothers. Dr. A. K. Johnston and Mr. T. B. Ju'niiHton aa partners, and the busi- ness i:i still carried on under the original designation, though Sir William retired twonty veara ago. In 1840 he was made i\ baillie, and in 1848 he was elected provost. While he held tho latter office the Quo.n, when at Uolyrood in 1851, conferred on him the honor of knighthood. Sir William was twice married, and is survived by his widow and two grand danghters. UIU>KB 130 FEBT UF SMOW. An AstonisiilitK Story About a Great 8Ud« iu ItlHlio â€" Two Aleu Fac^keil lu fur Furty-KlKht Hours. A San Francisco despatch says : John M. Duncombe, who has just come down to the city from Altaras, Idaho, tells the story of a queer happening there a week or two ago. " Five men were working at a ahaft located about half-way up the side of Sdverton Hill, a spur of the Alturns range. The snow lieseevorsl feet deep all over the mountain, and, as the day was clear, by the middle of the aljternoon the sun had thawed the suow jsat enough to maku it soft aud inclined to slide. A Swede walk- ing un a trail above the shaft missed his footing, aud in scrambling to regain it pushed a little body of snow out of its balance. This was at the head of a dry gulch, aud the weight ami slipperinesB of the snow were enough to start a slide. In a second's time it had grown to a tremendous size, and, growing bigger every second, it rushed down tho mountain with a terrible roar. The trees in its path were mowed down like grass before a scythe. The Swede who started the slide fell over iu it, his body was buried in tho snow, and had not been found when I came away. " Two men were working the wiur'iass at the mouth of the shaft and two o. hers were inside. The two at the surface heard the slide coming and hurried to gej out of its way. They were caught in tho vast mass of rushing sno<r and tuni'lmg trees. But by some unexpliiiaoie accident they were tossed to one side aud succeeded in getting out of the avalauuhe. They were knocked seuseless, but received no serious uijunes. " 13ut tho queerest part of the whole story is about the two nieii who were inside (he shaft. The slido cuiue right down over the mouth of tho shaft aud packed ita IdO feet chock full of snow. The two men, Martin Scnithson ami Tom Callan, were in there, buried uuder all that mass of snow, for two day « and nights, and when they were dug out they came to. and are now just as sound and well ae anybody ! The snow was packed into some parts uf the shaft so tight that it was almost as hard as ice. and it took e.tceediugly hard work to gut it oat. But the snow, no matter how lightly it is packed, does not exclude the air, aud that is tlie way they happened to live through. They were caught in up- right positions, too, ur tliey could hardly have survived. There they stood for forty- eight hours, with the snow packed around tbeni so close that they could not move a muscle. Though ^o near each other ihey almost touched, they could not even speak a word. They could just simply stand there and think. They say they were con- scious for souic time after the snow came down, aud that they suffered tortures. They declare they never longed for any- thing so much in all their lives as they did tor death." KLAIME'S LOST LOVKR. In the Unlse of a Tramp He Witnewies tier WoUiluU UuppineHS, In IHIJl there lived iu the lower part of thia county , near Sandy Ridi;e Post-office, aa old lady by the name of Swann, and with her a grand -daughter, Miss Eluiua Uarston, a most lovely girl of IG summers HAPPY LAND ! A Couatry whtulk Has Paniteuetl Baaa* Uule lur l.UUO VeHls. A thoneand years of Home Role ought to be an mterriiting subject of contemplaition jnst niiw. Yet for no less a period has the isle of Man enjoyed a political uonstitntioa . .. of its QVDt IUm . fowided for it by Kin^ AdjoininK'heir home was the plantation of (jrry. the Norseman, who was wel- Judge Miller, tho wealthy father ot the loomed as a ruler by the ilanx- hmnisome youug Harry, tho devoted sweet- j man, aud whoso grfve is still tiomtej heart of the beautiful Elaine. Harry was Q,,t in "th' island" {tta the LancashirS two years her senior, and when the order folk ,»ll it). The " Westminster Review,'* fur all Georgia's sons between the ages of gives an aooonnt of that constitntioOi IhS IS aud 30 years to go to the frout came, M once began preparation with all the ardor and enthuBiasni ot the Southern Kingdom of Man " was lirst ttikeit pQUf. rtessiun of by Edward I at the desire of ita lubahitanta. He nominated its UovernoB youth lit, that lime. Ilia laal parting was or King, which office was hereditary iu the wilh his " Utile aweethettil," as ho fondly Btauley family for over :IU0 years, when ib called her, and his promiaes to return and ...... . ., , _ make her his bride were sealed by many a pure kiss of love and tender embrace. For a while lettersâ€" letters full of toiiderness, love and devotion â€" came, tilling the heart paeseit by inheritance to the Duko ol Atholo, who sold his riyhts to the Britistl Parhanieut in 17«o-i;70,00O being paid t» him aud illlO,!!! to his heirs for th8 ri'venues of tho island. It .siill makea of Klame with joy and brightest hopes of i^ own laws. These are framed by the future. Suddenly they cease and then the House of Kevs, establii-lied by iCing comes oue written by a friend telling ot Orry . and after "ilie statutes have been the capture of young Harry, the bravest of sanctioned by the Queen ami Council they are promulgated to tho people on the Tyn the brave, and his iucaroenition in a Yankee prison. Months of sorrow and an.xieiy fol- low, and then comes the sad news of liis death bronuht by aonie â-  exchanuos" from the prison iu which hu was euuliued. The grief of Elaine was terrible, but tho young heart, however fondly it may love, howe.er bitterly it may suffer, seldom breaks, aud in a few years the image of handsonie Hurry was hut a dim .shadow, and ihe slender, delicate girl had developed into a haudsouie, charming woman. She had mauy admin is, and on Dec. 20th, I*i'.l, eight years after the departure of her boy lover, Elaine Marston stood at the altar to become the wife of one of Henry ("ouuly a must respected citi.'.ens. Last week a man wald Hill every July. From this bill, which is a small muiuul of earih brout<hb in portions from each of the seventeen parishes of the island, the laws are read to the assembled multitude. The Manx Par- liament roiisintH of thu King, or Governor ; of the I'liper House, or Council (sitting by right of office), consisting of the Treasurer, thu Bishop, the Judges, etc . and of ths Keys or Comiiioiis, 21 in luimner, elected for seven years by the voters of the shea<i- ingsand towns. The Governor can dissolvo this iiousu when he likes. Bills are introduced in either Huuso, passed on to the other, lonsidcredl ijy both at a joint meeting in Tynwald, signed and sent to theQiieeii fcrln,'r assent. in tho disi.>uise uf an old tramp passed through Hampton and iiujinred for the and ihi'ii puhlicly pniumlgated to the peo- homoofMrs. . Ho found the plai», ,,1^. .\ Ci ownership or tenancy of a frea- â- Rov. Mr. Fleck, ot Montreal, has declined; tho call to Knox Church, Winnipeg, though' offered a salary of $3,500. Mr. Prior'H .StruiiKe VUltur, ast Sunday morning, at thu unseason- able hour of :i o'clock, a young woman in an utterly node condition called at the house of Mr. Thomas W. Prior, tho busiuess manager of the Chicago Opera lloilso. She seemed to bo daad, and not a word of in formation ooold be drawn from her au to whence she had comu or why she was without clothing. The whole household was aroused, and the young woman was soon decently clothed by the ladies. Shu made uo rebistaiice to whatever was done to her, and seemed to be almost oblivious to her surroundings an 1 even to her own existence, save when, now and then, she burst out crying. Of course, every effort was mado to sooth her, and she was at last induced to take some sleep, from which it was »iip|)oseil she would awake in a belter condition of mind ; aud, ilnleed, she dill seem brighter for the short nap, but still would speak no word to tell who she was or why she was there. She is a very beautiful young woiiiau, and Mr. and Mrs. Prior have bei nieconsidura- bly intciested iu her ; but, tl"Migh she has now been an inmate of '.heir house for two days, she bas not yet sen induced to tell anything of herself -whence she came ur wliy she was in the unaccountable oonditioD in which she presented herself. Mr Prior's family physician has been called in. and it is his opinion that the VOUDg woman is neither dumb nor perma- nently lauking iu intelligence, yet he is as unable as the rest to explain her presence there. Hu thinks, however, that she is improving, and that in time she will be able to tell who she is and dispel somo of tho mystery that now surrounds her case. â€" Vltiiago Timeg. beheld the face of his once promised bride bright and happy with the love of a devoted husband, bright and interesting childreu and thu mauy comforts uf a beautiful country home, and relumed hero to lake the cars for his homo in tho far West, not as a tramp, however, but as a handsome gciitlemun, stout and hearty, and with only a few silver hiiirs upon his temples. Ho told us ot his life in prison until the close of the war, of the false report which reached him of tho mar- riage of Elaine, before his release, which nearly drove him mad; uf his wonderful Kuccess in life iu Califoruia, and last, of thu report brought across the continent that Elaine did not uiarry till ixii'.l, aud was now a widow , thu latter part of which he did not know to be false until ho begged bread at her dour. He says ho will never visit Georgia a;;ain ; that his people are dead, his heart's best love seared and withered, and uuthing remains for him but to go forever from tho scenes of his child- _ hood and thu laud of his birth, to s[>endthe (^ remainder of his life aa beat he can in hon- oring the God who gave it. Ho has niauv old comrades iu arms in this section, who will, doubtless, recogni/u in Uarry Miller oue of tho many brave boys sent out by our dear old county to tight for our honur, our freedom and our homes. - //iim;i('ii / Git. J Thiii-s. A UlKlicut Wolllllil i>U l>rertH Keforlil. Several noble Ihiglish women havo re- cently cast aside all prejudice Slid fear of prejudice and gone to earning money in business. As they have all succeeded, the innovation promises to increase. .\s dress makers and milliners they are making for- tunes. A radical ivoman Iiinieiils ibiu and deplores tho fact thai the cra-;o for new. expensive, and often injurious stylee of dress continues. She says: " 1 honestly believe that tho abuaen of dress are due to a neglect to ediicato girls tu appreciate the iinportauce of gcml pliysi 111 ilevolopnient. Cliildron are boru with jiiat the capacity that parents ohoose to give them, and when people come !o see that with themselves rests the destiny of thoBo who come aftur them, there will b<' more radical men and women. When girls are educated for some occnpatiuu or pro fession they will have less time to dress for tho approbation of men in general." lirHss "Widows Oet No Insurance. ()ne of the uiOBt important judicial deci- sions ever roiidereil iu this Statu was ileliv- ercd ill the Circuit Court by ludge Kirk Ilawes yesterday. A member uf one of the aeorel mutual benefit associntiona had insured his life for his wife, giving her name, as tho benelieiary, in the amount ol S2,0UU. Ho subseiiuently procured a divorce from his wife for hi r marital mis- conduct, bat he did not change the ciTtifl cute of iusuratico iu her behalf. After his duath tho society refused to jiay her the amount of the poliny on the ground that before his death she had ceased to b<' his wife, and that after his death she was iisither bis widownorhis heir. Judge Uawes dooided on these giuumlH that the diyorcod wife was not entitled to tho amutuit of the ingnranoe. â€" Cliicujio Journal, ^ ,. hold, or a ilO occupancy of other premises, givus svote by thu House of Keys Election .\ct,l>^Hl. The same .\ct gave the franchiaa ti) unmarried women possessed of thS property â€" but not to those who have only thu tenancy -i)ualiticalion. Wouiuii also have a right to half the marital property oa ihi^ death of the husband. The laws uaud to be promulgnted by tho I'eemslcrs oP Judges, who also presided at thu jail deliveries, and who swear I > administuC justice "as indilforently aa tho herrintf backbone doth lie iu thu midst of thu tish.'* This was intended tu remind the UeemsteB cf his oath e.ery nine he ale his daily meal, of which ihe herring funned » principal part. Fishing is still the chiet industry uf thu island. Its ancluub Hisliopric of Sudor and Man used to ia- cltide the Southern U' brides â€" SordorenseS, or Southern Isles, wheiicu the iiamO " Sodur. " The revenue of tho island was, for IHKfi, C.").'">,000, and its expenditiirO i.'d),000. By an .\ot uf ISIili the whole ol Customs revenue was devotud to thO purpuses uf thu island, except t;]U,UOO, whiedi is the coiitributiun for Imperial pro- tection. -V school is provided in every parish, and education is compulsory. I'lia Leuislature is a thuruiiglily independuuli body ; bul the people vahn the connection with Great Britain, ind are exceedingly loyal The HlKlilaiKleiH iitthn ltattl» i»r Aliiiit. Our tine brigade of Guarda was severely cut up when the Highlaiulurs drew near and thun, as Ivinglako tells us, a man in Ni» More Krdlmiiiit ills. Ouu of thu notable fnatur' s of ashioo this year will be tho ;;ratlnal ..isappearaiiCO of bridesmaids fro'n weUdin^H. Nolliiiig one of tho regiments reforming on tho slopo can he prettier, in theory alwoya and' oo- ried, in the deep ami honest bitturness of casiunally m rea ity, than a group of wlllle- clad maidens attending their friend to tho altar and illuminating the scene with theie decorative prOBeiico. But, inder exiHlin|{ arranu' iiieuts, bridesniaios are 'j, very ex- pensive lu.\ury. The liridegroom hail nob only to give each one uf them a daiufily- costly pr'.-sent, but hu is expected to furnish his heart, "Let ilui Seolchiuuii go uu ; they'll do the workl' and with his three killed battalions. Sir Colin, whose horsu was shot uuder him, advanced to meet twelve L»f the enemy. " Now, uien," said he, " you are going into action. and remem- ber this, that whoever is winimled I don't care what his rank is -must lie where ho tlieiii with boinjilets as well. There ll|ts. falls. No soldier riiiiHt carry off wounded men. If any man rioes such a thing, his name shall be stuck up in his parish kirli. Uu steady- keep silence- lire' low ! Now, men, the army is watchiii;! us! Make me proud of my Highland lirignilu 1" So beautifully does thu aut lur of /•.(>(/;<;:- au eye-witness cf thia part of tho battle describe their iiiovcnients, that we can- not ri sist ipinting him again. "Th" grci^id they had to aaceml was a good deal more steep and broken than the slope olose height that human beiiea:!) the redoubt. In tho land where shape of e.\asperated lie. sailing side, and tlu'ir paths are riiggeti and stee| yel their course is siiiooth. easy and swift. Siiiooihly, easily niid swiftly the I'daik Wati li seeme4 to glidu up thu hill. A few insiaiits bt fore, and their tartans ranged the dark valley ; now their plumes were on the crest.' .\iiother line caiiio on in â-  i-hfliiii, and another and the Sutherland now, to the eyes of tho superstitious Kus sians, tho strange iiiiiforins of those bare- kneed troops seemed novel, and oven terrible ; their white, waving sporrans were taken for the heads of lovv horses ; and thev cried to each jf lute, been a tendency towanls very tiny briiloflinaidh, wliose tender aga would luiliiriilly reduce thoexpeiiseof the present^ 111 proportion to their years. Uut even these aie disappearing in favor of stiiall so- called pages, who know so little of a page'9 dutiea that they alternately tread ou ths bride'a train and trot afti r it, but who do not expect < ither jewellery ur bouipiets. 'i V.e fact is, that bridesmaids have, so tO H[jeak, raised their terms to audi an exalted nature, in thO bridegrooms, has ots are bred there are shadows of begun to ask if liny cannot be dispensed ilouds skimming up the mountain with. And this will certainly coino about niiloss, as in " Kuddiguro, ' there should bO I slablislied an organi.'.ed brigade of briiies- niaids ready with their servioea on every occasion and aii.\ious to " Hail the brida- grouiii " in coiiHideraUoii of a very triffin^ fee. There are rumors of sharp practice on tho part of young ladies who love juwellery still - the Cameron more than is meet, and havo been raslily llifihlanilers. And asked to "choosu soinuthiiig" for themselves as tlie briilegroom's yift. Diamonds arft like horses in one respect, vi/.. that fovv people seem to be able to resist clieatiiiff about them, more or lens. On thu occasion of a reci lit wedding atfairs assiiiiiod another phase in connection with thu brides- other that the angel of light had departeil maids present. 1 en gii Is can hardly o.xpeob and that tho demon of death had come, to be uf one iiiiiid on siicli a subject, and thft A close and deadly tiro was now poured bridigrooin iiiiwittiiigly ca.st a veritahl* into theso " gray blocks," as Uiisaell calls (irebrand among them by saying ho would the Russian Hi|uareB. No particular sound leavo tho elioico to them. To alter tha followed, save the yolls of tho wounded, simile, he thereby sowed diHsensioii among while tho Highlanders " cast about " to re- them and reaped coiifiinion and disaster, load ; but after iheir ne.xt volley a strange Only two of tho ten were mianimoim, and rattling iioisu was heard, as thu bullets full on the wedding day tho bride found hor- iike ram among thu tin cantuens and ket- aelf shm n af four of lier friends, who hud ties which tho enemy carried outside their i|uarrelled irretrievably. Hridehinaiils havQ kiiapsacka, for they were all right-about simply extinj^iiished the.-nselvi's, and it is face now. .V wail of despair floated over moieihan [tosMible that a hundred years those gray-coated masses of Muscovite in hence the social chronicler will bo • read- fantry aa they broko iiiid lied, throwini; away muskets, knapsacks and everything that might encumber their (light ; and now for the lirst time rose thu Highland cheer. â€"CatiscU's llritiuli lliittlfs on Lund and Sen, CiiinpoKUtou «lf Hotel Via, " Is your mince pie made of hore-e moat .' ' demanded a dyspeptic looking patron of a hotel proprietor. " Corl.-iiniy not. "Why do you ask such an insulting ipiestion ?" " Because tho ido I ate hist night gave mo the iiightinare." Aunt Hannah I'adillet'uid, of Monroe, N. H., who is ill hor niiietietli year, ia spending a busy winter. Sinoo the coin weather set in she has knit nine pairs of stockings, seven pairs of inilteiia and oiiu pair of logmen's le^ginga, besides apinning all the yarn she used. iiig up" their functions and ilntiea with a view to suggesting the revival ofapretty but obsolelo old cualuiii. hindun Daily Scwt. Hi- Took the Hint. " Mr. Sampson,' sh g.il with a blush, " 1 want to ask you what you may think ii» a Very strange question : L>o you know if yoniig Mr. Brown is a gentleman Of correct imbits ' ' Mr. Sainpsoii grew polo and hemmed and havveil. •• Wellâ€" erâ€" hum yes," 111! sHid, â- â-  I think he is, but oh. Miss Smith Miss Claraâ€" Clara -" A little later hu looked down into her eyes and said : â- â-  Why did you ask mo about Mr. Broun, darling ''" " Beeatiso 1 fancied he ia becoiniiig interested in a very dear friend of mine, ' said tho girl uublushingly. Kpoch, Kov. \V. S. Usinsford has takep out nuturalualiuu popers iu New York, hia 1 .1